RLG211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Strategic Bombing, Islamophobia, Simulacrum
Document Summary
Religious references in bush"s words - he framed the muslims and had bible references in his speech in which he aimed to blame muslims. 9/11 sementism - the reason for a split in the world religions. Huntington - produced map and said that religion would be the dominant civilization diving concept. It"s comically offensive because he makes it seem as only one religion exists in one area when that is not the case. Terrorism became central to how many people in the early 21st century thought about religion. After 2001 - 9/11 - there were many hate crimes against muslims and people identified as muslim increased exponentially. In 2000"s mass media often promoted islamophobic stereotypes and in some case, promoted a more generalized fear of brownness" through casting decisions. Most people in tv shows = greek, south asian, and latina. Brown" people usually portrayed and casted in tv and media only as terrorists.
