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ohn Stewart did know about zayns religion. He had to know other wise why would he ever even bring up one direction and terrorism? You don’t have to be a 12 year old girl to know how to respect people. how shitty of a World do we live in to know People care more About money than Respect. It’s beyond fucked up considering zayn delt with racism and terrorist comments his whole life. It’s not even about a boy band. It’s about being a human being.
They dismiss us as a joke because they can’t contemplate the amount of power we have and how much we can change the world with it.
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Daily Shows Racism Is Still Around
Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:36 AM PDT
Last night, on the Daily Show there was a skit regarding terrorist groups
and in an attempt to be funny, the show called one of the boys in One
Direction a terrorist. In a segment with Jon Stewart, correspondent Jessica
Williams reported on some new terrorist groups Americans may not know
about. At one point, Williams jokes,
Just as you were talking, a new terrorist group formed, with one member
each from ISIS, al-Nusra, Al Qaeda, Hamas, One Direction and the Zetas drug
cartel.
WHAT?
There is only one person in One Direction who is Muslim. There is only one
person in One Direction is of Middle Eastern descent. (He is half
Caucasian, half Pakistani) That is Zayn Malik.
One Directions, and Zayns fans reacted to the slight, crying foul. In fact,
trending on Twitter is the hastag:ans
expressed outrage and disgust that Zayn would be targeted for being a
terrorist, simply based on his name and ethnicity. Some people said the
fans were overreacting, but what they are really reacting to is the racism
and prejudice being shown.
The outrage is about a person being called a terrorist because of his race.
The outrage is being told that we can live in a world where racism can end,
but having it used as a way to make jokes and get a laugh. The outrage is a
persons worth being based on his religion. The outrage is that the youth of
today is TRYING to to move past the shackles of hate and prejudice and
moving toward judging a person by his actions, not the color of the skin or
the place he worships.
I personally am proud to be part of a group that will stand up and take a
stand against bullying and hatred. John Stewart and his writers should be
ashamed of themselves. When they poke fun of politicians who make public
statements thats fair game. But making fun of a kind, giving person simply
because he is a Muslim is unacceptable.
I’M STILL PISSED. SO, IF ZAYN’S NOT FAMOUS, YOU WOULDN’T DARE TO APOLOGIZE? IS THAT IT? AND IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW THE BAND’S RELIGION, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN INCLUDE THE BAND’S NAME IN THE LIST OF THOSE YOU MENTION AS TERRORIST?
Almost every place I've seen this is reporting it like the Daily Show targeted Zayne specifically, even though, from what I've just read, the joke didn't mention any band member by name. It's all a bunch of conjecturing, and apparently the One Direction fans are unaware that the band has a been the butt of a ton of jokes for a long time. And I saw a comment somewhere else that pointed out that automatically assuming Zayn was the target of the joke because he's Pakistani is, itself, racist.
Also, someone claimed that, once again, racism against Native Americans has gone invisible by sjws, who don't give enough of a shit about them.
