Of course, the other nasty bit about the American view of Muslim women - i.e. backwards and oppressed - is that the real problems about gender inequality in the Muslim community - as Faith said, the things that need to be given a "cold, hard look in the mirror" about - are so often used as excuse for American behavior towards Muslims, and conduct in the Middle East, but ignored when it's not profitable to us. We invaded to bring democracy and freedom! Or something. Because the Taliban oppress women (true) and they wear those scarf things and have oil! So there.
Indeed.
On Darfur, for example: silence.
We don't invade Darfur.
Yeah. Interestingly enogh, a while ago I was reading this article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301714.html) in the Washington Post on post-colonial portrayals of Africa in Western humanitarian campaigns and news media.
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Re: "We have our own battles. We carry other weapons."
Date: 2009-05-02 09:28 pm (UTC)have oil! So there.Indeed.
On Darfur, for example: silence.
We don't invade Darfur.
Yeah. Interestingly enogh, a while ago I was reading this article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301714.html) in the Washington Post on post-colonial portrayals of Africa in Western humanitarian campaigns and news media.