Fear in Our Hearts: What Islamophobia Tells Us about America

by Caleb Iyer Elfenbein

Book Overview

Argues that anti-Muslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American values

In a 2018 national poll, over ninety percent of respondents reported that treating people equally is an essential American value. Almost eighty percent said accepting people of different racial backgrounds is very important. Yet about half of the general public reports that they doubt whether Muslims can truly dedicate themselves to American values...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479804584
• ISBN13: 9781479804580
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"