I am curious about how much of the media-stereotyping of Lebanese is actually a stereotype. I had a quick look at some research, and it appears that the media are not entirely making it up. But there isn't anything that's very definitive. This table doesn't consider second-generation immigrants, so it's not enormously useful.
Table 1. Rates of Imprisonment by birthplace, 1997 (per '000 of population) Birthplace Rates of Imprisonment Australia 1 UK/Eire 0.6 N.Z 1.6 Vietnam 2.7 Greece 0.5 Italy 0.6 Turkey 1.6 Lebanon 2.0 Source: Collins, 2002
Hello Mr Ryan,
I sent you an email earlier in the week – did you get it?
Oh, and the Lebanese make good bread, so they can stay in my opinion :)
Cheers,
Matt
matt / 11:10am / 8 September 2006
I agree. I very much hope they stay.
Ryan / 4:30pm / 8 September 2006
[…] from the Middle East look bad aren’t to do with their culture. For instance, crime is a fair bit higher, and I think I have enough confidence in our legal system that the numbers aren’t biased […]
Fat Vegan › Racist Right-wing Christians / 3:52pm / 17 March 2007