Arab In America Analysis

In Arab in America and Monster what it means to be American is defined by race, in The Walking Dead racial biased is less of an issue. When Tyrcee and his daughter and her boyfriend come upon Rick and there group, Rick is immediately welcoming to the outsiders and even says “we could make some room in the RV for you if you and your kids want to stick around”(13) as though he were inviting neighbors over. Rick is as welcoming to the strangers as Glenn and the rest of the group was to him when he joined the community. Although race is not a prominent issue in The Walking Dead, Lori does not think they should invite Tyreece and his family to come into the RV with them, she questions Rick for “inviting a stranger to sleep in the same room as
Around him he sees other immigrants that have passed the citizenship test and are celebrating with their families and taking pictures. Unfortunately, Toufic has experienced society’s racial bias and does not share in the celebration because he does not see how him becoming a citizen is going to change the way he is treated. The people that are prejudice towards him never know if he is a citizen or not. They just know what his skin color is and that is as far as they can see. The same pre-judgment and prejudice occurs in Steve in Monster. Even though every citizen is supposed to have basic rights, Steve has some of those rights violated because of his age and race. When Steve is taken into custody he is not treated as citizen should be. Steven’s mother questions his treatment by asking “why are you handcuffing my son if you just want to ask him a few questions”(72). His mother is not given any answers to the police barging into her house to arrest her son that is a minor. Everyone that Steve encounters in the judicial system ignores the fact that American citizens are free until proven guilty, but instead treat him as guilty until proven innocent because of