Jack G. Shaheen: Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in Modern Culture

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Published in 1997, this overview of stereotyping of Arabs and Muslims is spot-on in its analysis of how the media have historically portrayed Arabs and Muslims - ignoring distinctions and treating all Muslims and Arabs as if they were all the same, and all villainous, barabarous and fanatical. Unfortunately, the potential for change Shaheen saw in the late 1990s has been lost in American media reactions to the events of 2001. It would be good to see a new analysis that tears down the new and increasingly disturbing mythology and propaganda about Islam and how it affects racial violence in America (and other Western nations, for that matter).