Anti-Arab Racism and Islamophobia in the USA

Steven Salaita, author and Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech will discuss his new book The Uncultured Wars: Arabs, Muslims and the Poverty of Liberal Thought, a powerful indictment of dominant American liberal-left discourse. Steven Salaita’s core themes are anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia and the inadequacy of critical thought amongst the liberal left. Salaita explores why Arabs are marginalized, and who seeks to benefit from this. Free.