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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.38,0:00:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Has the crowd dispersed now?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.73,0:00:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, its still out there, but unarmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.70,0:00:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just chanting. You know, standard
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.42,0:00:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Death to America' stuff."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.27,0:00:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From True Lies to American Sniper,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.24,0:00:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From 24 to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.30,0:00:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.71,0:00:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,western media is full of images of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.32,0:00:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evil brown people who need to be wiped
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.14,0:00:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the earth by noble righteous white men,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.46,0:00:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heroically fighting for freedom and justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.19,0:00:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sure, it's so commonplace by this point
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.23,0:00:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe you don't even bat an eye at
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.52,0:00:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,old-fashioned American Islamophobia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.37,0:00:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our media.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.38,0:00:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.76,0:00:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[characters speaking in Arabic]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.78,0:01:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[protestors chanting in Arabic]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.19,0:01:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is a hijack!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.36,0:01:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[passengers screaming]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.66,0:01:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sit down! Sit down!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.49,0:01:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nobody move! Nobody!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.30,0:01:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All right!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.80,0:01:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Engage hostile targets as they appear!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.62,0:01:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Waste the motherfuckers!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.44,0:01:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You have killed our women and our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.88,0:01:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bombed our cities from afar...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.05,0:01:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"like cowards...and you dare
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.81,0:01:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"to call us 'terrorists"?!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.87,0:01:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here, my desert blossom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.46,0:01:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Keep the change!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.13,0:01:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have you ever considered joining a harem?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.52,0:01:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my God. They found me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.38,0:01:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't know how, but they found me."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.27,0:01:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nooooooo!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.48,0:02:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What?! Back to the Future!!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.84,0:02:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even that beloved comedy classic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.73,0:02:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes a moment to toss in a few scary brown men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.78,0:02:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to menace and terrorize our white heroes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.51,0:02:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, we can't hop in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.44,0:02:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doc Brown's DeLorean
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.45,0:02:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and undo all the harmful representations of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.64,0:02:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muslims, Arabs, and Middle Easterners
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.77,0:02:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have haunted our stories since,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.36,0:02:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, basically since the Crusades.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.67,0:02:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can make sure that history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.51,0:02:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't keep repeating itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.03,0:02:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, ok. Maybe that's not entirely fair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.84,0:02:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some ways, things have changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.93,0:02:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once upon a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.86,0:02:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-white actors could hardly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.100,0:02:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get any work in Hollywood at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.87,0:02:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days, shows like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.98,0:02:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homeland and movies like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.15,0:02:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Executive Decision are providing some brown
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.95,0:02:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actors with ample opportunity to portray
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.50,0:02:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scary terrorists who get gunned down
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.58,0:02:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while screaming something absurd like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.98,0:02:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Death to America!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.61,0:02:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't even matter if you're not actually
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.04,0:02:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Middle Eastern descent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.33,0:02:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're vaguely brown, you can stick around
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.59,0:02:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(to play bad guys).
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.98,0:03:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, are you an artist, Mr. Thurkettle?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.96,0:03:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, uh, sir. I work for a little company
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.14,0:03:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"called Texan Oil."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.93,0:03:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, there is no oil here, Mr Thurkettle."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.85,0:03:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just sand."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.27,0:03:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now sure, not every Middle Eastern character
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.21,0:03:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in films is a villain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.48,0:03:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 1921 box-office smash,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.72,0:03:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sheik,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.68,0:03:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dashing hero gets the girl in the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.90,0:03:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Arab world of the film is presented as
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.94,0:03:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exotic and dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.49,0:03:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sheik himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.59,0:03:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one, good, heroic Arab,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.74,0:03:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is played by Italian-American heartthrob
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.45,0:03:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rudolph Valentino.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.09,0:03:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, since he's not really Arab,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.69,0:03:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's allowed to get the girl in the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.52,0:03:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think this kind of racist coding
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.11,0:03:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to signify the difference between
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.32,0:03:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"good" Arabs and "bad" Arabs went away with the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.00,0:03:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advent of talkies, think again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.64,0:03:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever noticed how in Disney's Aladdin,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.75,0:03:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the good guy might as well be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.87,0:03:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tanned American surfer dude,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.86,0:04:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the bad guys look and sound a little more...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.27,0:04:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uh, Arab?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.92,0:04:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You are late."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.05,0:04:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A thousand apologies, oh patient one."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.02,0:04:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You have it then?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.28,0:04:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I had to slit a few throats,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.96,0:04:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I got it."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.83,0:04:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Hollywood has historically given
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.72,0:04:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"good" Arab roles to non-Arab actors,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.02,0:04:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has also given not-so-good Arab
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.24,0:04:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and South Asian roles to white actors, too --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.58,0:04:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,denying brown people work and decent
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.45,0:04:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on-screen representation in one fell swoop.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.98,0:04:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically the world's worst Catch-22.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.24,0:04:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, take Mr. Habib,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.05,0:04:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scheming Middle Eastern villain in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.91,0:04:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father of the Bride 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.47,0:04:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's played by Eugene Levy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.06,0:04:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Habibs would like to buy the house, George."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.57,0:04:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's exactly what they've been looking for!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.11,0:04:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We've lived here for 18 years."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.37,0:04:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't know if we can get everything--"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.45,0:04:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[gibberish]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.85,0:04:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those aren't even real words
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.25,0:04:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's saying to his wife!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.89,0:04:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just vaguely Middle-Eastern sounding gibberish
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.26,0:04:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the written equivalent of this is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.45,0:04:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very common as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.13,0:04:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video games and tv shows
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.34,0:05:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly just toss up some squiggly text
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.03,0:05:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to pass it off as actual Arabic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.55,0:05:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, this one is Arabic,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.39,0:05:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it sure doesn't say what the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.36,0:05:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,producers of Homeland wanted it to!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.100,0:05:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As insidious as it is to flatten
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.32,0:05:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entire cultures and populations into
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.21,0:05:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Land of Squiggly Writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.10,0:05:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's nothing so pervasive and damaging
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.10,0:05:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Hollywood's tendency to constantly portray
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.59,0:05:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vaguely-Middle Eastern people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.98,0:05:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as generic terrorists.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.74,0:05:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so common that, on-screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.69,0:05:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brown skin has practically become synonymous
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.79,0:05:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with bad guys who have little or no
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.62,0:05:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,character development beyond
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.73,0:05:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hating America and freedom fries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.45,0:05:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[screaming]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.77,0:05:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Allahu Akbar!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.67,0:05:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah! Thanks, Jack Bauer!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.60,0:05:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would we do without you?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.99,0:05:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the biggest problems with this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.50,0:05:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it erases the actual lives and cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.56,0:05:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Middle Eastern people and leads
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.30,0:05:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many Western viewers to lump all of them
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.02,0:05:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the same group.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.56,0:05:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's start by clarifying a few terms
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.42,0:06:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose meaning has been obscured by
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.01,0:06:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,media that paints the entire Middle East
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.86,0:06:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the same broad, shallow, ignorant brush.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.76,0:06:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we've done a lot of research,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.46,0:06:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this, and as it turns out
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.01,0:06:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words actually have meanings.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.28,0:06:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weird, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.48,0:06:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't just lump Arabs and Muslims together
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.48,0:06:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're not the same thing!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.54,0:06:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arabs are a specific ethnic group,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.50,0:06:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,united by culture and language,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.28,0:06:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who primarily originate from
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.86,0:06:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Middle Eastern countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.31,0:06:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arab is not, repeat not, a racial category.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.17,0:06:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Got it?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.02,0:06:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be white, black, brown
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.78,0:06:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still be Arab.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.15,0:06:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not all people from the Middle East are Arab,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.39,0:06:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vice versa.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.61,0:06:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, say, ethnic Persians in Iran.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.53,0:06:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A "Muslim" is someone who practices Islam,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.47,0:06:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a religion with over 1.7 billion members
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.30,0:06:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spanning a vast number of ethnic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.66,0:06:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cultural identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.52,0:06:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Muslim world actually comprises a multitude
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.71,0:06:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of groups that folks often forget, including
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.09,0:06:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Iranians, South Asians, North Africans,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.58,0:06:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indonesians, black Americans...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.84,0:06:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Islam is not confined to the Middle East,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.16,0:06:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to olive-skinned people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.24,0:07:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just people who speak Arabic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.67,0:07:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But despite the fact that Islam is a religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.62,0:07:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a race,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.38,0:07:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's vital for us to understand that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.78,0:07:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Islamophobia is racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.53,0:07:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've been paying attention thus far,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.73,0:07:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be asking yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.87,0:07:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if Islam isn't a race,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.36,0:07:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then how can Islamophobia be racism?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.74,0:07:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer lies in another "ism,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.44,0:07:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one many Westerners aren't
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.70,0:07:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly familar with: that's Orientalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.01,0:07:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, the term "Orientalism" refers to how,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.27,0:07:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for hundreds of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.53,0:07:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western artistic and academic history
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.46,0:07:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has perpetuated an ignorant and prejudiced
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.58,0:07:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,view of "the East."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.19,0:07:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A view rooted in the idea of Western culture as
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.15,0:07:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inherently more advanced and enlightened,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.27,0:07:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Eastern culture as more inherently more ignorant,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.65,0:07:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,irrational, primitive, and often,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.44,0:07:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highly-sexualized.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.92,0:07:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, Muslims come from many different races,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.78,0:07:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and span a myriad of cultural identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.18,0:07:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the former president
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.69,0:07:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Islamic Society of North America
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.47,0:07:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a white woman, Dr. Ingrid Mattson;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.65,0:07:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let's be real:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.21,0:07:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody who spreads the hate of Islam
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.24,0:07:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is talking about white ladies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.24,0:07:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western media has contributed to a level
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.89,0:07:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ignorance so great, that for many
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.72,0:07:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people, it has resulted in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.75,0:07:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equating Islam with scary brown people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.74,0:08:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly scary brown men
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.84,0:08:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Middle East.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.18,0:08:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been so effective,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.25,0:08:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that most of you probably didn't even know
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.02,0:08:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this man isn't Muslim -- he's Sikh!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.55,0:08:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't just film and television that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.85,0:08:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perpetuates this kind of ignorance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.87,0:08:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's comedian Kumail Nanjiani
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.35,0:08:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how video games often don't put in the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.26,0:08:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolute bare minimum of effort or research
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.05,0:08:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when representing the Middle East --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.75,0:08:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or South Asia for that matter--
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.66,0:08:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is not the same thing as
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.72,0:08:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Middle East!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.22,0:08:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ok, so the language we speak in Pakistan
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.94,0:08:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"is Urdu.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.62,0:08:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's the name of the language we speak: Urdu.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.21,0:08:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But all the street signs in Karachi in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.38,0:08:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Call of Duty are in Arabic...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.12,0:08:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"yeah, it's a completely different language.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.71,0:08:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And I know it does not seem like a big deal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.28,0:08:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but this game took three years to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.48,0:08:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you look at it, the graphics are perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.59,0:08:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can see individual hairs on people's heads;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.59,0:08:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"when they run, they sweat.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.71,0:08:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When they run, their shoelaces bounce!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.85,0:08:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All they had to do was Google:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.32,0:09:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pakistan language."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.92,0:09:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They were literally like,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.09,0:09:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'What language do they speak in Pakistan?'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.51,0:09:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I don't care.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.18,0:09:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can't get his sideburns even."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.51,0:09:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Modern films, tv shows, and games
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.38,0:09:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely perpetuate Islamophobia,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.24,0:09:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's no exxageration to say that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.82,0:09:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ignorant representations of people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.38,0:09:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Middle East in Western media
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.92,0:09:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,date back for centuries.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.93,0:09:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orientalist paintings of the 1800s
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.31,0:09:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were often characterized by
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.66,0:09:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overly-sexualized depictions of daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.99,0:09:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And romantic Orientalist literature
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.83,0:09:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the late 1700s and early 1800s
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.41,0:09:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,served to justify European imperialism,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.86,0:09:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,presenting Middle Eastern people and cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.84,0:09:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as inherently exotic and strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.81,0:09:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a conflation of Arab with Muslim,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.13,0:09:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because our ideas about Islam are so deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.17,0:09:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linked to stereotypes about terrorism and violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.05,0:09:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both of those categories are associated with masculinity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.93,0:09:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and men.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.21,0:09:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While many male Muslim actors in Hollywood
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.03,0:09:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can only find work playing bit parts as evil terrorists,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.89,0:09:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muslim women are often erased altogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.57,0:10:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very real advances that Arab women have made
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.85,0:10:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in many parts of the world are ignored,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.94,0:10:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because depicting them would complicate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.42,0:10:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the simplistic racist narrative about Arabs and Muslims
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.66,0:10:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Hollywood continues trying to cash in on.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.12,0:10:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost as if we don't know how to contend with women
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.94,0:10:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as real people!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.34,0:10:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Say what?!!!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.91,0:10:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Filmmakers and tv producers know how to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.86,0:10:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,objectify women,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.08,0:10:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to prize them for their physical attributes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.22,0:10:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their appearance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.32,0:10:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stories we allow ourselves to tell about the Middle East
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.63,0:10:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dont allow for the same kind of easy objectification
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.08,0:10:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these brown women's bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.97,0:10:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we resist including them at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.24,0:10:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mom!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.38,0:10:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least we can thank 24 again for casting the great
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.24,0:10:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Iranian actor, Shohreh Aghdashloo in season 4
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.38,0:10:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Muslim terrorist who is also a wife and mother!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.87,0:10:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are artists, critics, and writers out there
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.30,0:10:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking about what it means to be the target
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.79,0:10:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all this anti-brown racism;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.72,0:10:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of the most interesting critiques
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.07,0:10:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are coming from Muslim women themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.06,0:11:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Phone rings]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.02,0:11:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crap! I think I missed a call.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.08,0:11:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder if they left a message?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.90,0:11:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feminist Answering Machine!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.37,0:11:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's up, Anita???!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.97,0:11:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's your favorite feminist Muslim Iranian-American
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.80,0:11:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comedian calling!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.98,0:11:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just thinking...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.71,0:11:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how come, in all the like, terroristy movies,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.40,0:11:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know the ones where brown people are in,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.24,0:11:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why are we always, like, late?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.14,0:11:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To all of our, like, terroristy adventures.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.06,0:11:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what I'm talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.95,0:11:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, they always have these brown dudes yelling,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.38,0:11:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yalla! Yalla! Yalla!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.03,0:11:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yalla" just means "hurry up."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.36,0:11:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a thing you say when you want
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.64,0:11:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody to hurry up.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.59,0:11:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yalla, let's go."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.73,0:11:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yalla, kids! Hop in the car so we could go to school!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.94,0:11:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And get in on some wicked adventures
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.96,0:11:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against Claire Danes and Homeland.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.73,0:11:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the deal with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.00,0:11:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yo, seriously!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.12,0:11:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is up with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.39,0:11:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yalla" in my house just meant
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.62,0:12:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"hurry up because dinner's getting cold."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.43,0:12:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's tremendous harm in centuries of images
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.46,0:12:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reduce entire nations, cultures, and religions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.74,0:12:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the status of sub-human savages.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.97,0:12:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Jack Shaheen, the author of
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.52,0:12:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reel Bad Arabs has said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.98,0:12:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Politics and Hollywood's images are linked.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.63,0:12:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They reinforce one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.19,0:12:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Policy enforces mythical images;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.14,0:12:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mythical images help enforce policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.82,0:12:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.57,0:12:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unite the civilized world against
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.35,0:12:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radical Islamic terrorism."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.26,0:12:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, during the 2016 presidential campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.92,0:12:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Republican candidates tossed around the phrase
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.07,0:12:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"radical Islamic terrorism" as if it were
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.61,0:12:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some kind of magic spell they could use to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.45,0:12:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make votes appear out of thin air.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.30,0:12:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Radical Islamic terrorism."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.69,0:12:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Radical Islamic terrorism."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.27,0:12:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Radical Islamic terrorism."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.01,0:12:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Radical Islamic terrorism."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.54,0:12:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Radical Islamic terrorism."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.37,0:12:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Radical Islamic terrorism."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.38,0:13:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"President Obama, if you won't say it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.55,0:13:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will: radical Islam."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.29,0:13:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only reason tactics like these have any effect
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.94,0:13:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that, to so many Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.81,0:13:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in the Middle East have never been established
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.92,0:13:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as human beings with real lives, hopes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.64,0:13:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dreams and struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.45,0:13:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When almost every story you've ever seen about
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.56,0:13:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a particular part of the world paints the people who live there
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.11,0:13:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as monolithic, evil, and scary,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.64,0:13:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're a lot more likely to believe that it's actually true.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.28,0:13:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people believe it's true,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.60,0:13:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they aren't just more likely to support politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.50,0:13:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and policies that appeal to fear and ignorance
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.59,0:13:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Middle East.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.56,0:13:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're also more likely to act on that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.28,0:13:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear and ignorance themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.09,0:13:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Southern Poverty Law Center notes that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.70,0:13:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of anti-Muslim hate groups tripled
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.35,0:13:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States in 2016.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.11,0:13:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Commitee noted
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.48,0:13:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same increase after the release of patriotic fever dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.50,0:13:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American Sniper.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.78,0:13:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2016 also saw a 67% increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.52,0:13:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's no question that Trump's racist,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.52,0:13:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fearmongering rhetoric has played a part in this
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.85,0:13:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surge of xenophobia and violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.13,0:13:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, Trump doesn't stop
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.71,0:14:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with rhetoric himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.01,0:14:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the first 100 days of his presidency,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.12,0:14:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has repeatedly tried to push through bans
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.99,0:14:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preventing the citizens of several
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.39,0:14:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.08,0:14:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He dropped the US military's most powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.68,0:14:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.81,0:14:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.32,0:14:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, SOME
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.52,0:14:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Middle Eastern country...while eating the most beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.70,0:14:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,piece of chocolate cake.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.01,0:14:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was sitting at the table,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.77,0:14:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had finished dinner and we're now having dessert
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.16,0:14:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.18,0:14:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you've ever seen...and we've just launched
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.20,0:14:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,59 missiles heading to Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.67,0:14:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Headed to Syria."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.18,0:14:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, heading toward Syria."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.20,0:14:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[waaaaah-waaaah sound]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.26,0:14:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Iraq, Syria: what's the difference?`
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.25,0:14:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just one of those countries
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.45,0:14:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the evil, scary brown people live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.21,0:14:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I can already hear the army of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.88,0:14:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Richard Dawkins-parroting anti-feminist twitter users
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.58,0:14:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,typing up their responses about how Islam is a religion
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.40,0:14:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dedicated to oppressing women.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.99,0:15:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing how suddenly everyone's a feminist
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.49,0:15:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it lets them perpetuate hate against brown people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.88,0:15:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or dismiss concerns about how women are oppressed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.10,0:15:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their own culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.85,0:15:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's be clear:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.98,0:15:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misogyny is not a problem with Islam.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.02,0:15:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Misogyny is a problem that some cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.25,0:15:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which happen to be Muslim, use the religion to
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.42,0:15:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perpetuate and justify.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.51,0:15:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity has been used as a tool to oppress
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.18,0:15:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women around the world for millenia.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.68,0:15:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's specifically because our media perpetually
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.14,0:15:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equates Islam, a religion followed by nearly a quarter
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.33,0:15:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world's population,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.75,0:15:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with evil, terrorism, and oppression
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.46,0:15:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that so many people believe that that's what Islam
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.40,0:15:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually is.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.30,0:15:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our entertainment media's insistence
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.43,0:15:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on constantly portraying people from the Middle East
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.65,0:15:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as scheming oil sheiks, slavers, snake charmers,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.40,0:15:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and suicide bombers but never as real people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.06,0:15:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has real consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.25,0:15:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muslims here in the US and everyone who is,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.40,0:15:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or looks like they could be Middle Eastern
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.18,0:15:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly face ignorance and racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.68,0:15:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They live in fear of the very real possibility of being
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.09,0:15:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accosted or attacked because someone
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.05,0:15:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes a look at them and associates them
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.58,0:15:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with everything they've seen in the movies
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.32,0:16:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything the president has said about
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.15,0:16:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people from the Middle East.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.99,0:16:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we need now are more stories
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.52,0:16:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that dispel the deeply harmful stereotypes
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.99,0:16:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and encourage us to see people from
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.90,0:16:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Middle East --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.48,0:16:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether they're Arab, or Muslim, or neither or both
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.42,0:16:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as what they really are: human beings.