Topic Disccussion 3 - Rahimi

From your personal experiences and research, what other media stereotypes (besides the example from the documentary "Reel Bad Arabs") have you seen either on TV, magazines or in the movies?

Hahaha there's alot.
Example:
-How black and rapper labeled as gangster.

-That Asians is all Chinese. (Hey I'm a freaking Asians and I'm not Chinese, I can open my eyes wide!)

-That all American is fat. (But funny though, it possible with their diet over there)

-In Ad about 1 Malaysia, they always show these Indian suffering and got a Malay and Chinese help the Indian. (The messages is good but the way they sent it, is very stereotype)

-Of course the most common, Muslim seen as terrorist.

-How Muslim woman who wear scarf have social fun a bit an labeled as "the one who bring shame to Muslim" and those whose not wear scarf can do anything without people judging. (If we see women this way, didn't seem so stereotype?)

-How fairly fat women are found disgusting and ugly in magazine. (They maybe have extra fat, but they do know how to style themselves. They have feelings and sometime beautiful too. But I got to agree if they have too much fat until health risk, they need to do something. Goes the same for very to-the-bone-skinny)

-How unattractive, low confidence and shy nerd and been bullied just because they are nerd.(Definition of nerd. So why they always bullied? Aren't good to obsessed in nonsocial pursuit that bring good to them? To be fair, their not loner, there always group of nerds. So it's not that nonsocial.) :D

-How they say guy with no body hair is the true men. (For me guys that have body hair is the true men here, or is it another stereotype? Haha)

-How they say eating sugary and high carbohydrate food will kill you. (You eat anything in your life without balance can kill you. What I'm trying to say what we eat is all needed, just keep in balance, too much protein is not good for you and so little fat in your body bring danger to your organ from exterior impact.)

-How 'rempit' said to be selfish and very bad person. (Not all of them is that way, I got a friends of 'rempit', and they are better than any of those non-rempit people, but I still hate most rempit though. They very stereotypical.)

All that above is from TV, radio, magazine and in movies. I wanted to put this one movies as example where the stories go where one part, the FBI agent discovered where an American soldier that specialize in bomb suddenly convert to Muslim, the FBI started to show terror in their face. Damn if you guys see the movie, you would be piss off. Just because he is a Muslim, they suspect him as terrorist.

Because of this media stereotype, Korean Airport Security always aim on Arabs.

So what I'm trying to say is, there are definitely have media stereotype all over. You can see it everywhere if you keep your eye open.