All American Muslim

[southbymidwest]

Originally Posted by AGDee

We don't have an accent However, I guess I experience that so much here that I don't think about it.

I did watch this the other night on On Demand and enjoyed it. I'll keep trying to catch it. I have friends who don't wear the hijab here but they do wear it when they go home to their more conservative families.

Yeah, the Southern Michigan/Northern Ohio accent definitely is there on the show. Of course, I should talk, whenever I visit Ohio for more than 2 hours, the name Anne, which is pronounced "Ayun" in my neck of the woods becomes "Eeyan".

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by als463

I judge people who are college educated and can't differentiate between "your" and "you're" while trying to call someone out for making a poorly-worded statement after thinking it is okay to make fun of someone for their size. I also judge people who call other people judgmental but, don't even know how to spell the word properly. I'm a bad person!

Seriously though, I know the intent was there for PM Mama but, maybe the execution wasn't as good as it could have been. She was sharing that the show was insightful. That's great! I think that if we can watch television that teaches us something, instead of that trashy reality stuff (the stuff that I love), that's even better! Unfortunately, there are people who had such messed up thinking about various religions and races until they went to college. I never met a Muslim until I went to college. I'm glad I had the opportunity to meet so many great people while in college.

The same way some people lump every Republican in with Tea Partiers (yes, I have actually had people make that statement to me), we shouldn't lump a large group of great people (Muslims) in with a small percentage that wants to harm others (terrorists). If there weren't people out there who didn't lump everyone like that together, there would be no need to even make this show. There are some small-minded people out there.

Lol sister we finally agree on something. You worded it way better than I did. (aka sometimes when you're posting on a message board, things don't come out right) I never thought they were terrorists. After high school I didn't think anything of Muslims because there were none there. I began college in 1999 and meeting people of all backgrounds and colors was something new. I learned that there were many great people, and this was before 9/11. I didn't know much about the 93 bombing so I really had no opinion. Had I started college after 9/11, because, really, negativity about Muslims is all the media portrays. I might've thought different. But that wasn't the case.

Originally Posted by southbymidwest

I believe it was Suehaila (sp?), the older, unmarried Amen daughter that wears the hijab, who said that on the first episode.

I'll admit, I was thrown at first with the hijab and the Southern Michigan accent, which is really, really stupid. No one expects me to have a German accent since that is my heritage, so, yeah.

It's not stupid actually lol. Many Muslims (and Chaldeans and Lebanese and Arab in general) do have an accent even though they were born here. But I also see an accept between people in my little area of southeastern Michigan. Eastsiders especially.

[KKGCaroline]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I learned a little about the Muslim culture, and A LOT about them not all being terrorists

Your organization must be so proud.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Which one is that? I know there is the daughter who dyes her hair and is married to (or marrying?) an Irish Catholic man who is converting.

I don't know, I'm only going by things I've heard people talk about.. haven't seen it yet. They did talk about the guy who is converting also, so maybe that's the one. It was a lunch conversation that I couldn't partake in since I haven't seen the show yet.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by KKGCaroline

Your organization must be so proud.

Read the rest of the thread. Calling someone a fatty and saying that you learned about a culture are two totally different things.

[KKGCaroline]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Read the rest of the thread. Calling someone a fatty and saying that you learned about a culture are two totally different things.

my organisation, my schooling, and my parents all taught me never to judge someone based on their religion or their race, its just a little bid sad that a tv program taught you that "not all muslims are terrorists".

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by KKGCaroline

my organisation, my schooling, and my parents all taught me never to judge someone based on their religion or their race, its just a little bid sad that a tv program taught you that "not all muslims are terrorists".

Did they teach you that reading is fundamental?

Calling someone a fatty is judging someone. Do you know WHAT made them overweight?

[KKGCaroline]

Did you also know that judging a group of people based on their colour or religion is racist?

[preciousjeni]

lol

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by KKGCaroline

Did you also know that judging a group of people based on their colour or religion is racist?

No, it's prejudiced.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by KKGCaroline

Did you also know that judging a group of people based on their colour or religion is racist?

I didn't know that religion was race based?

And who was judging?

Face it. You called an overweight person a fatty. You are part of the bullying problem in America.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I didn't know that religion was race based?

Religion is correlated with race, ethnicity, and culture. Are you one of those people who pretends that the history; and racial, ethnic, and cultural dynamics of religions around the world are a mere coincidence?

This is one of the more amusing threads in a minute and that has nothing to do with the new show.

[KKGCaroline]

you're as bad as I am, by stating that "not all muslims are terrorists" implies that before you watched the show, you actually did think that "all muslims are terrorists". say what you want to sweetheart, but your just as judgemental!

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by KKGCaroline

you're as bad as I am, by stating that "not all muslims are terrorists" implies that before you watched the show, you actually did think that "all muslims are terrorists". say what you want to sweetheart, but your just as judgemental!

Sweetheart.... READ THE THREAD.

[als463]

Originally Posted by KKGCaroline

you're as bad as I am, by stating that "not all muslims are terrorists" implies that before you watched the show, you actually did think that "all muslims are terrorists". say what you want to sweetheart, but your just as judgemental!

I judge people who are college educated and can't differentiate between "your" and "you're" while trying to call someone out for making a poorly-worded statement after thinking it is okay to make fun of someone for their size. I also judge people who call other people judgmental but, don't even know how to spell the word properly. I'm a bad person!

Seriously though, I know the intent was there for PM Mama but, maybe the execution wasn't as good as it could have been. She was sharing that the show was insightful. That's great! I think that if we can watch television that teaches us something, instead of that trashy reality stuff (the stuff that I love), that's even better! Unfortunately, there are people who had such messed up thinking about various religions and races until they went to college. I never met a Muslim until I went to college. I'm glad I had the opportunity to meet so many great people while in college.

The same way some people lump every Republican in with Tea Partiers (yes, I have actually had people make that statement to me), we shouldn't lump a large group of great people (Muslims) in with a small percentage that wants to harm others (terrorists). If there weren't people out there who didn't lump everyone like that together, there would be no need to even make this show. There are some small-minded people out there.