"It’s the same reason that, in “Gladiator”, the slave-traders who kidnap Russell Crowe are Arabs. I mean, this is ridiculous; I mean why does Hollywood inject Arabs, scenes of Arabs and/or slurs demeaning Arabs in movies that have nothing to do with the Middle East. So, you’re sitting like I am, for example, watching “Back to the Future” about a mad scientist. And, yet, early on in the film we see these ugly, inept Libyans with machine guns, in a parking lot trying to gun down the protagonists. I mean, why? This movie wasn’t about the future. It was the same old stereotyping from the past."
Jacque Shaheen
Reel Bad Arabs - How Hollywood Vilifies a People
http://www.reelbadarabs.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmVoSZk_fvo
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