#38: American Islamophobia with Nazita Lajevardi

05/24/21 • 46 min

Nazita Lajevardi studies public opinion relating to Muslim Americans. She’s a political scientist and attorney at Michigan State University. In 2020, she published Outsiders at Home: The Politics of American Islamophobia. The book is an extension of her research on public opinion about Muslims in the United States, discrimination faced by Muslim Americans in politics, and the experience of facing these biases. In our conversation, we talk about all these questions and what makes Muslim American identity so tricky to pin down.
Note. The brief clip at the top of the show is from Episode 4 ("Strawberries") of the Hulu show Ramy and is presented for purposes of commentary and education.
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05/24/21 • 46 min

Opinion Science - #38: American Islamophobia with Nazita Lajevardi

Transcript

Andy Luttrell:

Earlier this year I finally watched the Hulu show Ramy. The show’s creator, Ramy Yousef, won a Golden Globe award this year for the show. It’s set in northern New Jersey and follows the life of a young Muslim guy whose parent’s immigrated to the U.S. from Egypt. In an interview for Vulture, Yousef said: “A lot of immigrant stories on TV and film, I feel like I’m watching someone upgrade into a white lifestyle. And this show is a wrestling match o

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