A Look at Asian American Studies - Emery McKee - Ryan Caragher - Emma Rohrer - Gabe Velazquez

Liberty and Equality While those who are Middle Eastern, Arab, or Muslim, are entitled to formal rights as citizens of the United States, they may find themselves placed outside the kinship/solidarity membership that structures the U.S. Through identity, and its viewed ties to citizenship in the US, people who do not “represent the nation,” experience extreme difficulties in their ability to enjoy citizenship, which ultimately reduces their ability to exercise their citizenship in a political and legal matter. Stemming back to the idea of citizenship as a form of inclusion, underlies the idea that the perspective of the citizen includes the imagination of fellow citizens who are to be included in a network of kinship. These networks are formed when affective ties of identification and solidarity are formed between fellow citizens. This creates a fundamental problem for those in the minority, and who are being targeted for the actions of others, solely based on race. It prevents equality for all citizens and leads to an outcome of exclusion between people, contradicting the constitutional rights of all citizens.