characteristics of Orientalism. How may Orientalism and prejudice contribute to hate crimes against Muslims and Arabs

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Since Orientalism is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "Orientalism" to get these possible sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Orientalism.html

However, Muslims and Arabs, for the most part would not be considerred "Oriental" but rather from the Middle East. Prejudice can contribute to hate crimes against any anyone who is considered a member of an outgroup — "them" rather than "us."

These articles might be helpful in analyzing prejudice:

http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/PrejudiceCauseSolution.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/Prejudice.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/PrejudiceUsThem.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/PrejudiceChanges.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/PrejudiceReduce.html

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.