United States, Arab and Muslim populations are economically well off compared to the larger society; they are more highly educated; they are politically moderate overall, fiscally liberal, and socially conservative; they express high levels of "pride in being American"; and on measures of confidence in key public institutions, such as the police, the courts, the federal government, and public schools, they actually score higher than the general public. 8 Even more surprising (to some) is the fact that this Americanizing profile is often stronger among new immigrants than it is among Arabs and Muslims who are born or have lived for long periods of time in the United States. 9 On the whole, Arab/Muslim populations in the United States would appear to be mainstreaming rapidly.

Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ Th…, loc. 666