April 07, 2006
What does a Muslim look like?
NBC is working on series which tries to show how racist Americans are. More specifically how racist Republicans are. We know this because they are targeting NASCAR events which are supposedly populated by tobacco drooling inbred redneck bigots from the south.
This brings up an interesting question. What does NBC think a Muslim looks and acts like? Well we know what they were looking for.
They are looking for men who actually "look Muslim". They want a guy with no foreign accent whatsoever, a good thick beard, an outgoing personality, and someone willing to wear a kufi/skullcap during the filming. They also want someone who is fairly well accomplished and has contributed to society at large in some meaningful way.So basically they are looking for someone who appears to be Muslim on the outside but is purely pro-American on the inside, a Muslim appearing person who can walk around being a pleasant harmless friendly human being.That said, I'm urgently looking for someone who can be filmed this April 1st weekend at a Nascar event (and other smaller events) in Virginia.
Could then not find any Muslims that look like Muslims? Could they not find any Muslims with "no foreign accent whatsoever, a good thick beard, an outgoing personality, and someone willing to wear a kufi/skullcap during the filming". Could they find no Muslims that "has contributed to society at large in some meaningful way". Could it be that NBC thinks Muslims are incapable of being all these things? Could it be that the people at NBC are a bunch of racists that believe the stereotypes they pretend to abhor? Could it be that the stereotypes have some basis in fact?
I have a few ideas that NBC can try next.
Have an attractive woman walk into a mosque in America dressed like they do at the Emmy awards.
Have a Jew with cap walk into a mosque in America.
Have a white woman walk down a gang infested street at night.
Have any white westerner walk down a street in Palestine.
Publish a picture of Mohammed. Any picture will do.
Then come back and talk to me about tolerance.
Posted by Sid at April 7, 2006 12:59 AM | Race
