Examples Of Stereotyping In Motion Pictures
Stereotyping in Motion Pictures
Even though movies and shows are mainly fictional and used for pure entertainment, these forms of media lead to discriminations such as Islamophobia because they vilify Arabs and Muslims portraying them as a violent and dangerous group.
Muslim: A person that follows the religion of Islam
Islam: a monotheistic faith that teaches that there is only one God and that Muhammad is His messenger.
Arab: a person originally from a part of the Middle East
Allah: Arabic translation of God
Islamophobia: dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims
Common stereotypes and example
Not all Arabs are Muslim and vis versa
Not all Arab or Muslim want to destroy the U.S
Consequences
Movies stereotype Muslims and Arabs into …show more content…
In almost every movie that has a Muslim character, if the words "Allah Akbar (God is the greatest)" or even Allah is uttered, something is going to blow up.
Even Disney's Oscar-winning Aladdin, begins with the song lyrics, "Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place/where the caravan camels roam/ where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face/it's barbaric, but, hey it's home."
Not all Muslims are Arabs and vis versa
Most Arabs are actually of the Christian faith.
There are Arabs from all different religions.
Even though statistics show that most Arabs are Christian and not of the Islamic faith, moviemakers continue to depict Arab characters as being Muslims.
There are Muslims all over the world with different languages, skin colors, backgrounds and ethnicities.
Only 12% of the worlds Muslims are Arabs.
In fact, Indonesia has the largest population of Muslims
Not all Muslims and Arabs want to destroy the U.S
There's no doubt that there are violent and evil people in this world, however this doesn’t just apply to Muslims.
There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world and 300 million Arabs in the world, if they all had a violent agenda against the U.S, the U.S probably wouldn’t have a chance against
Even though movies and shows are mainly fictional and used for pure entertainment, these forms of media lead to discriminations such as Islamophobia because they vilify Arabs and Muslims portraying them as a violent and dangerous group.
Muslim: A person that follows the religion of Islam
Islam: a monotheistic faith that teaches that there is only one God and that Muhammad is His messenger.
Arab: a person originally from a part of the Middle East
Allah: Arabic translation of God
Islamophobia: dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims
Common stereotypes and example
Not all Arabs are Muslim and vis versa
Not all Arab or Muslim want to destroy the U.S
Consequences
Movies stereotype Muslims and Arabs into …show more content…
In almost every movie that has a Muslim character, if the words "Allah Akbar (God is the greatest)" or even Allah is uttered, something is going to blow up.
Even Disney's Oscar-winning Aladdin, begins with the song lyrics, "Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place/where the caravan camels roam/ where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face/it's barbaric, but, hey it's home."
Not all Muslims are Arabs and vis versa
Most Arabs are actually of the Christian faith.
There are Arabs from all different religions.
Even though statistics show that most Arabs are Christian and not of the Islamic faith, moviemakers continue to depict Arab characters as being Muslims.
There are Muslims all over the world with different languages, skin colors, backgrounds and ethnicities.
Only 12% of the worlds Muslims are Arabs.
In fact, Indonesia has the largest population of Muslims
Not all Muslims and Arabs want to destroy the U.S
There's no doubt that there are violent and evil people in this world, however this doesn’t just apply to Muslims.
There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world and 300 million Arabs in the world, if they all had a violent agenda against the U.S, the U.S probably wouldn’t have a chance against