List two to three characteristics of Orientalism. How may Orientalism and prejudice contribute to hate crimes?

Question

This is talking about middle eastern people and muslims all regarding 9/11.

i do not understand the question we are talking about Arib's and such. can someone please rephrase the question.

Answer 1

Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages and peoples by Western scholars. It can also refer to the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists.

In the former meaning, the term Orientalism has come to acquire negative connotations in some quarters and is interpreted to refer to the study of the East by Westerners shaped by the attitudes of the era of European imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. When used in this sense, it implies old-fashioned and prejudiced outsider interpretations of Eastern cultures and peoples. This viewpoint was most famously articulated and propagated by Edward Said in his controversial 1978 book Orientalism, which was critical of this scholarly tradition and of modern scholars including Princeton University professor Bernard Lewis.

To Be honest, Overall, Oreientalism probably has little effect on the Hate-Crimes in america. Those that commit hate crimes are usually in a povert state and not educated enough to be exposed to such. However prejudice is almost the definition of hate crime, as a Crime enacted purely on hate for a culture or ethnicity (Eastern in this case) and these hates, exspecailly in this case are all based on Prejudice of association with Terrorism and Muslims being 'terrorist' by religion, because people are not aware these are extreme groups, and not all Muslims support terrorism, in fact it is a minute minority.