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Google Preview: Iranian Identity, American Experience: Philosophical Reflections on Race, Rights, Capabilities and Oppression is a multidisciplinary study, exploring the meaning of oppression both politically and individually and how to address it. In current studies of oppression, there is a dichotomy of Black and white that leaves out other communities of color. Also, there is little philosophical analysis of theoretical framework to think about race from the perspective of an immigrant community in the United States that appears to be educated and affluent. This book fills this gap with a philosophical case study looking at the Iranian-American population. Roksana Alavi argues that the census classification of Iranian Americans in the United States is a double-edged sword. The United States census classifies people of Middle East identity as "white," asking them to check that race box, but the experiences of individuals say otherwise. Alavi discusses a theory of oppression that not only addresses the external oppression inflicted on people but also the everyday actions that leave them in oppressive situations.; Roksana Alavi is associate (term) professor of interdisciplinary studies at the University of Oklahoma College of Professional and Continuing Studies and affiliate faculty member in the Iranian studies, and women and gender studies programs.; Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: My Life in the Triangle Chapter Two: What Are You?: A Discussion on Race, Ethnicity, and (Iranian) Identity Chapter Three: Voluntary Oppression Chapter Four: Bridging the Gap Between Rights and Capabilities Chapter Five: Harms of Oppression Chapter Six: Responding to Oppression Bibliography Index About the Author; Download; Google Preview content

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