The Arab is constructed as the Jewish hero’s fearsome shadow

Evidence

In the late 1960s and 1970s, Arabs were portrayed as barbaric, greedy and dishonest—­a characterization that was rooted in America’s global interest in the Middle East and particularly Israel (Naber 2000; Cainkar 2009; Alsultany 2012; Shaheen 2014). For example, Jack Shaheen (2014) traces the media-­ based vilification of Arabs by examining their representations in nine hundred films over a twenty-­year period. Through a content analysis of these films, Shaheen describes how the stereotype of Arab men as barbaric and greedy keepers of women in harems emerged, one that has morphed over time into the stereotype of the Muslim man as a terrorist, thus reflecting recent global concerns and changing political contexts. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 129 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anti-Semitic imagery transfers smoothly from Jewish to Arab targets; The Arab stereotype in cinema morphed from harem-keeping greed to the Muslim terrorist — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 129

Related

• The Arab stereotype in cinema morphed from harem-keeping greed to the Muslim terrorist (similarity 0.89)
• Arab and Muslim representation in American film has been persistently vilifying (similarity 0.80)
• Anti-Semitic imagery transfers smoothly from Jewish to Arab targets (similarity 0.80)
• Arab characters in Western media are fixed as lecherous and treacherous (similarity 0.79)
• Twentieth-century Arab media portrayals fixated on exotic and terrorist stereotypes. (similarity 0.79)
• Media images of Arab women shifted from harem girls to terrorists to veiled victims (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Semitic imagery transfers smoothly from Jewish to Arab targets #expands (0.80)
• The Arab stereotype in cinema morphed from harem-keeping greed to the Muslim terrorist #qualifies (0.75) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 129