Stereotypes On Pop Culture
Breaking Down Religious Stereotypes on Pop Culture: An Analysis of the Muslim-American in the New Muslim Cool (2009) by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
This film analysis will define the break down of negative stereotypes of Muslim culture through the context of Muslim-American pop culture as defined in New Muslim Cool (2009) by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor. Taylor (2009) present Hamza Perez and his family as an example of a positive presentation of Muslim –Americans that have been demonized by the American media in the post-9/11 era. Perez uses hip-hop culture as a means of expression to denounce the stereotypes made about Muslim people in a white American society. In essence, a reflection paper will be brought forth to identify the break down …show more content…
Hamza Perez is the leader of a rap-group called Mujahidin that endorsees Muslim rights by informing the listener to the message that they are broadcasting to the people in the Islamic-American community. I found that name “Mujahidin” to be a powerful statement on how the American media stereotypes “holy war” in contrast to how Perez speaks about the meaning of this word outside of American military culture:
Radio Announcer: A Mujahidin is a person that engages in “jihad”. In the post-September 11th world, this is a very…I mean, ya’ll picked a very strong …show more content…
In the film, Perez has his own family, which allows the American viewer inside the home of the American-Muslim. Perez is seen in one film talking to his wife, as the picks up his child (while is crying after having fallen down) and comforting him in the kitchen (Taylor (28:29). This type of domestic point of view shows the child playing with American toys and dressed in a very similar way as other American children. More so, the Perez’s wife talks about getting a business degree to further her career objectives, but that she is also a worker making a wage at Comcast to pay the bills: “Right now my mindset is how can I get everything more stable...I started working in December, and my shift is 4 to 12:30. It’s just customer service at Comcast” (Taylor 41:21). Although this film about a “Mujahidin” rap artist, the Perez family is really living life through an American perspective. Perez and his wife must work to make money, which defines their everyday presentation outside of a “terrorist” propaganda by the mainstream media. These are important aspects of the film that denounce negative stereotypes of Muslim-Americans that are simply working day-to-day to make ends
This film analysis will define the break down of negative stereotypes of Muslim culture through the context of Muslim-American pop culture as defined in New Muslim Cool (2009) by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor. Taylor (2009) present Hamza Perez and his family as an example of a positive presentation of Muslim –Americans that have been demonized by the American media in the post-9/11 era. Perez uses hip-hop culture as a means of expression to denounce the stereotypes made about Muslim people in a white American society. In essence, a reflection paper will be brought forth to identify the break down …show more content…
Hamza Perez is the leader of a rap-group called Mujahidin that endorsees Muslim rights by informing the listener to the message that they are broadcasting to the people in the Islamic-American community. I found that name “Mujahidin” to be a powerful statement on how the American media stereotypes “holy war” in contrast to how Perez speaks about the meaning of this word outside of American military culture:
Radio Announcer: A Mujahidin is a person that engages in “jihad”. In the post-September 11th world, this is a very…I mean, ya’ll picked a very strong …show more content…
In the film, Perez has his own family, which allows the American viewer inside the home of the American-Muslim. Perez is seen in one film talking to his wife, as the picks up his child (while is crying after having fallen down) and comforting him in the kitchen (Taylor (28:29). This type of domestic point of view shows the child playing with American toys and dressed in a very similar way as other American children. More so, the Perez’s wife talks about getting a business degree to further her career objectives, but that she is also a worker making a wage at Comcast to pay the bills: “Right now my mindset is how can I get everything more stable...I started working in December, and my shift is 4 to 12:30. It’s just customer service at Comcast” (Taylor 41:21). Although this film about a “Mujahidin” rap artist, the Perez family is really living life through an American perspective. Perez and his wife must work to make money, which defines their everyday presentation outside of a “terrorist” propaganda by the mainstream media. These are important aspects of the film that denounce negative stereotypes of Muslim-Americans that are simply working day-to-day to make ends