Contributions of Arab-Americans to the Fine Arts are generally either overlooked or politicized in the American art scene. Too often, the message of Arab-American art can become obscured by the politicization of Arab-American identity. Many individuals that view Arab-American art assume that there is some political intention of the artist or that the artwork itself is a form of the artist analyzing his or her own Arab-American hybrid identity. In addition to the stereotyping of this category of art, Arab-American art is often marginalized in America because of its minority status and the difficulty of characterizing Arab-American art.