Evaluating Resistance toward Muslim American Political Integration
Evaluating Resistance toward Muslim American Political Integration
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DOI：
10.1017/s1755048320000668
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发表时间：
2021-09-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Michelson, Melissa R.
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作者：
Calfano, Brian R.;Lajevardi, Nazita;Michelson, Melissa R.
美国的穆斯林通常被认为是反美的，他们被认为很少参与政治。此外，阿拉伯和穆斯林身份在公众心目中常常被混为一谈。在这份报告中，我们介绍了在三个穆斯林人口不同的州-俄亥俄州、加利福尼亚州和密歇根州-进行的随机调查实验的结果，以评估当一个呼吁团结的当地社区领导人表示自己是阿拉伯、穆斯林或阿拉伯穆斯林时，值得信赖的受访者对该人的评价如何，而不是当他们没有表示自己的背景时。总体而言，在每个州，受访者都认为，当社区领袖被认为是穆斯林美国人或阿拉伯穆斯林时，他不那么值得信任，但当他被认为是阿拉伯人时，就不那么值得信任了。这些结果表明，公众不会将这两种身份混为一谈，穆斯林受到的评价比阿拉伯人更负面，即使在听到他们亲社会的民主行为时也是如此。
Muslims in the United States are often constructed as anti-American and are perceived to have little engagement with politics. Moreover, Arab and Muslim identity is often conflated in the public mind. In this note, we introduce results from a randomized survey experiment conducted in three states with varying Muslim populations-Ohio, California, and Michigan-to assess how trustworthy respondents rate a local community leader calling for unity when that individual signals themselves to be an Arab, Muslim, or Arab Muslim, as opposed to when they do not signal their background. Across the board, and in each state, respondents rate the community leader as less trustworthy when he is identified as Muslim American or as Arab Muslim, but not when he is identified as Arab. These results suggest that the public does not conflate these two identities and that Muslims are evaluated more negatively than Arabs, even when hearing about their prosocial democratic behavior.