Saba Bazzi, Wayne State University

With a continued long and unpredictable experience with immigration and their existence in America, Arab Americans often struggle to reconcile their ethnic identity with their American identity.

Salma Heram, George Washington University

The YA novel by S. K. Ali reflects the realities faced by Muslim teens and embraces culture, identity and love in a new light.

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

Those with nonwhite or non-Western names shouldn’t be reduced to an ‘Other.’

Mitchell Tanaka, Chapman University

The actor and the former presidential candidate’s responses to COVID-19-era xenophobia echo a long history of the ‘assimilation versus integration’ debate.