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Hollywood has had a long history of whitewashing and stereotyping different groups –from brownface to blackface and yellowface. For Arabs and Muslims, persistent clichés throughout Hollywood's history range from desert scenes with camels and palm trees, and characters cast as barbaric villains, belly dancers, or terrorists among others.
On this edition of Making Contact we'll meet people confronting racist depictions of Muslims and Arabs in pop culture and politics; and two young women evaluating societal expectations placed on them.
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Hollywood has had a long history of whitewashing and stereotyping different groups –from brownface to blackface and yellowface. For Arabs and Muslims, persistent clichés throughout Hollywood's history range from desert scenes with camels and palm trees, and characters cast as barbaric villains, belly dancers, or terrorists among others.
On this edition of Making Contact we'll meet people confronting racist depictions of Muslims and Arabs in pop culture and politics; and two young women evaluating societal expectations placed on them.
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