'The representation of Muslims on screen feeds the policies that get enacted, the people that get killed, the countries that get invaded.'
wants to put an end to Hollywood's problematic and"toxic portrayals" of Muslims in movies. He's long been calling attention to this issue, and now has the numbers to back his cause.Missing and Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies
. After looking at 200 popular films from the U.S., the U.K., Australia and New Zealand from 2017 to 2019, they found that of the nearly 9,000 speaking parts in these movies, fewer than two percent were Muslim. And of that percentage, most were either the perpetrators or victims of violence.
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