This CNN report shows what many Arab and Muslim Americans have long been arguing that the mainly western-dominated global mass media and entertainment industry are biased or racist against Arabs and Muslims. “The Pew Research Center has consistently found that Americans have the most negative views of Muslims as compared to other religious groups.”
“Attitudes toward Muslims may be formed by a variety of factors,” they wrote. “However, one in particular, the mass media, is a component within the control of storytellers and content creators.”
Muslims are 25 percent of the world population yet only represent one percent of the speaking characters were Muslims. But even at that rate, Muslims and particularly Arabs often depicted in a negative representation often showing them as violent or women abusers or speaking with thick foreign accents. Read more on CNN
