Interesting Ideas About Arabs In The US

Publié par Unknown on samedi 26 mars 2016

By Mary Wright


America is one country that contains people from various backgrounds. In fact, most of the cities and towns are mainly referred to as cosmopolitan. Travelling back in time, it was discovered that early settlers mainly came from Europe among many other nations. Slowly, they became accustomed to living with each other and that is quite evident in the present day. In this particular case, the main focus is on Arabs in the US.

The number of Arab Americans is on the increase as they continue to give birth and obtain US citizenship. The US census bureau conducted a population analysis and concluded that by the year 2000, 1.8 million of them were made up of Arab Americans. They have concluded that the number is set to increase with time. Nevertheless, this figure is not accurate enough and this continues to draw a lot of controversies. In fact, the Arab American Institute believes in multiplication of numbers in the next decade.

It is believed that native Arab countries are mainly 22. Just like an African or Asian country, these countries have their own ways of living. It is characterized by unique political ideologies, cultural practices and religious backgrounds. Even though Arabs are thought to be Muslim, most of them are converting to Christianity and other denominations.

Just like other native people, Arabs are very flexible in the way they handle their affairs. Most of them have relatively high IQs and have landed lucrative jobs. There are many engineers, doctors, pilots among others who are mainly of Arab origin. People believe that they have greatly contributed to the well being of the country.

The most common perception is that Arabs are native born. However, most of them comprising of about 82%, are US citizens who were born and stay in the US. They are distributed all over ten states of the country. In fact, they are linked to major countries such as Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iraq.

If one is keen enough, they cannot fail to notice that education sector in the US is very good. That is why all the citizens as well as other international students are encouraged to enroll for their studies since it has become a basic need. An analysis conducted reveals that most of them have completed their high school education by the time they hit puberty. Also, there quite a number who are Bachelors and Post graduate degree holders.

65% of Arab Americans make up the total of people within the labor force. They are specialized in key areas such as managerial, administrative, sales and other professional fields. Of the total population, only 12% work for the government while 85% work in the private sector. In addition, median income for Arab American is at $56,331. When doing a comparison for other household within the US average income should be at $51,369. This indicates that many of them are living below their means.

It is quite evident that these people will continue to make headlines owing to their enormous contribution towards American development. Nevertheless, their countries of origin continue to face war atrocities. Even so, they should not be linked to various terrorist attacks just because they are linked to these countries. This provides people with insight as to what this community entails.




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