How may Orientalism and prejudice contribute to hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims?

Think about how certain people tend to categorize things in racism. Then think about how we tend to place almost all people "in the same basket" when it comes to those images.

That's when you'll start to see how when one person does something wrong, people stereotype that group. Be sure to include a part about orientalism in there too to help complete the assignment.

Matt

This is a very interesting article on Orientalism which may be of help to you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism

Thank you guys very much for the information it sure helps alot. :)