On the Joy of Killing #arabs and Muslims: From Fiction to Reality
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The Grand Entry Western Store advertises ’Chris Kyle’ hats for sale on their street sign February 11, 2015 in Stephenville, Texas. AFP/Brandon Wade/Getty Images The Grand Entry Western Store advertises ’Chris Kyle’ hats for sale on their street sign February 11, 2015 in Stephenville, Texas. AFP/Brandon Wade/Getty Images
“American Sniper” has become the second highest grossing R-rated film of all time on the domestic US film market. The financial and critical success of the film shows how startlingly normal it has become to dehumanize and vilify Arabs and Muslims in American fiction. This ultimately seeps into reality, as it did in the cold-blooded execution of three Arab Muslim students in their homes by a white atheist (...)
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