With the passage in question, Dr. Ella Shohat discusses the case of being an Arab Jew, a historical paradox, as one of many social elisions. Unlike the idea of ​​intersectionality, binarism leaves “little room for complex identities” (Shohat, 2). As an American, a Jew, and an Arab, she speaks to the disparities in a war that involves all three cultural topographies. Although he speaks from a subjective point of view, he does not mention the issue of racial hygiene, class, geographical divisions and gender. Passages from Guenter Lewy, Melissa Wright and Philippe Bourgois will be used to discuss how different positionalities might influence the analysis of “Displaced Identities”. In “Displaced Identities,” Dr. Shohat talks about the reification of identity categories. Identity categories are hypothetical constructs falsely manifested as something concrete in which communities are sharply demarcated. Despite the idea of ​​syncretism, which serves as a front for the term “community”, its definition implies the exclusion of others and where the generic “norm” of those who are not marked is reinforced creating the idea of ​​“us against They". In her article, Dr. Shohat addresses the concern that “we” are Jews and “they” are Arabs: “a pressure to choose between being Jewish and being Arab” (Shohat, 2). In addition to being a social scriptorium entity, Dr. Shohat addresses the difficulties and problems within the political, economic, cultural and religious views of the Middle East. One of the reifications of Arab Jewish identity is that it excludes marked intersectional experiences. This controversy is seen in the hegemonic American context according to which the identity of the Jewish being can only be limited to the European experience (i.e. the Holocaust), which Dr. Shohat... at the center of the document... we will see the hegemony. when we live with it and stop ourselves from using our privilege to oppress others (lesson 02/24/11). Works Cited Bourgois, Philippe. “Violating Apartheid in the United States” and “Disrespect and Resistance at Work” in Finding Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 19-47, 114-119 and 162-169.Lewy, Guenter. The Nazi persecution of gypsies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2000. (Chapter 3, pp. 36-55). Shohat, Ella. “Displaced identities”. Journal of Movement Research. 1992. 5, Autumn/WinterWright, Melissa. “Maquiladora Mestizas and a Feminist Border Politics: Revisiting Anzaldua.” In Decentralizing the Center: Philosophy for a Multicultural, Postcolonial, and Feminist World. Narayan, Uma and Sandra Harding, eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press; 208-225.