Today's Go-to Villains.

American Prospect by Matthew Duss | Jan. 15, 2008 (Opinion)

Among the many offensive images and representations in the program, the clip from Back to the Future is particularly ridiculous. The year was 1985, Muammar Khaddafi was being sold to us as the new Hitler, (this was several new Hitlers ago; since then we've had Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein again, with Mahmoud Ahmedinejad acting as the current new Hitler) and thus "Libyans" was offered as perfunctory shorthand for ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Entertainment, World, U.S.
Topics: Hollywood, Racism
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jan 15, 2008 - 9:43 AM PST
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 by Norman Rogers - Jan. 15, 2008

Arabs are one of the few groups left that we can ridicule. Others include businessmen, politicians, police, CIA agents, Russians. Arabs are especially suited to being depicted as evil due to many cultural practices that are offensive to us. The article and video ignore the question as to whether Jewish influence in Hollywood has something to do with his complaint. Lawrence of Arabia was a movie that depicted Arabs favorably. Let's not forget that blacks are depicted as con men and ... More »

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