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What

does

Dumas’

decision

to

take

an

American

name

suggest

about

her

feelings

toward

her

adopted

country?

How

does

her

dual

identity

enable

her

to

see

how

Americans

"really"

feel

about

Iran?

Dumas’

husband,

François,

experiences

life

as

an

American

immigrant

much

differently

than

does

Dumas.

What

do

you

think

accounts

for

Americans’

biases

in

their

attitudes

toward

immigrants

from

different

countries?

To

what

extent

are

these

biases

grounded

in

stereotypes

about

the

immigrants’

native

countries?

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Could you write this out in sentences across the screen? It is difficult to read this way.

What does Dumas’ decision to take an American name suggest about her feelings toward her adopted country? How does her dualidentity enable her to see how Americans "really" feel about Iran? Dumas’ husband, François,experiences life as an American

immigrant much differently than does Dumas. What do you think accounts for Americans’ biases in their attitudes toward immigrants from different countries? To what extent are these biases grounded in stereotypes about the immigrants’ native

countries?

That took about a minute and a half...... I think it was a result of the old "cut and paste"........

-It suggests that she wants to assimilate and to an extent, reject her roots.

- She doesn't profile as a foreigner so she can hear honest opinions on her homeland.

-Racial biases change through the generations depending on world events. Fear, ignorance and hysteria always play a part in racial discrimination. It just happens that in the last decade or so, the Middle East has, by some, been vilified.