Muslim Stereotypes In America

AUDIENCE This book is written for people preferably in America. These people would be against Muslims and would be very racist towards Muslims. They would think that we shouldn’t allow them in our country and all they do is kill people. These types of people would be uneducated about the Muslim religion, and would just believe the stereotypes we see in the news. I would say that this is targeted at mine, and my parents generation. We seem to be the ones who watch the news and see all the negativity about Muslims, or we see it on social media. I would say that America would benefit from reading this book. The majority of Americans only hear the bad of Muslims. I think it’s safe to say that Eboo Patel is very passionate for getting Americans …show more content…
Another strength he had was getting people to become more accepting throughout the book. To be honest, I didn’t want to read this book because I judged Muslims. The more I read the more I realized how similar Muslims are to Americans. There was two weaknesses that I noticed while reading. The first one was how would Patel get more people to read his book? Americans aren’t going to want to read about how great Muslim Americans are today. Honestly, I don’t think the majority of Americans care enough about Muslim Americans to want to read Patels book. I would have changed the title so it was more intriguing the general population of the United States. The second one was getting people to believe he lives the normal Muslim American life style. He’s an American Muslim celebrity in a sense, so I felt like some of his experiences lost credibility. Traveling and speaking to large audiences isn’t something that a normal American Muslim would do. However, I think Patel did what he set out to do. He informed people that the Muslim faith isn’t bad. He let people know that the stereotypes you hear aren 't necessarily true. He made me realize that Muslims are good people, and that I should check the source when I see something negative about Muslims. Personal Value I just learned to be more accepting. I think reading this book will help me become a better person. I grew up in a white sheltered community, so I haven’t really had diversity before coming to Hamline. I did stereotype some Muslims before reading this book, so this was a eye opener for me. I think that these issues are pretty important. The challenge this group of people face on daily basis is beyond imaginable. To get stereotyped because of your beliefs would be