We hear a lot about so-called jihadi terrorism these days... Is it a real threat?

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This factsheet debunks overblown fears about 'jihadi terrorism' in America. The factsheet tells readers about how the US government has actively used popular media and culture to promote anti-Muslim racism and sustain the onging 'War on Terror'.

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References

Kumar, Deepa. Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror. Directed by Sut Jhally. Media Education Foundation, 2017.

Source Authors

Kumar Deepa

Keywords

Active Intervention, Anti-Muslim Racism, Capitalism, Challenge Assumptions, Challenge Stereotypes, Christianity, Confronting Prejudice, Constructing 'Race', Constructing Difference, Deconstructing Popular Ideas, Dismantle Structural Racism, Future Possibilities, Harmful Ideas, imperialism, Interrupting Assumptions, Justifying Injustice, Language and Power, Language of Difference, Media and Power, Myths and Power, Othering, Racist Stereotyping, Racist Violence, Representations and Power, Resistant Knowledge, Social Ideas and Power, State Sanctioned Violence, White Supremacy

Key Figures

Donald Trump

Locations

North America, United States

Themes

Activism, Theory