Fareed Zakaria GPS Response
The December 6th episode of Fareed Zakaria GPS touched on the strategies the U.S. is taking to contain terrorism, the stereotypes Americans have of certain minority groups (specifically Muslims), and how one group’s music is countering the horrifying attacks by ISIS that took place in Paris. Mr. Zakaria first sat down to interview President Obama’s national security advisor, Susan Rice, on what the path U.S. is planning to take to prevent any further ISIS acts of terrorism is. Rice claimed that this organization has shown it is capable of attacking territory outside of Syria and Iraq, and that the methods America is using are so far fairly successful. However, the problem beyond our control is the propaganda seen on social media that has been used to recruit foreign soldiers. The fact that ISIS and other terrorist groups are made up of Muslims caused the creation of a negative Muslim stereotype, which Dalia Mujahed addressed. Mujahed herself is Muslim, and explains how the majority of Muslims including her are outraged at the horrific acts done by her people. This reaction also applies to white, male Christians- other caucasian men with this religion would hopefully disapprove of any acts of terrorism conducted by people similar to them. Fareed Zakaria …show more content…
during class. The entire film El Norte showed the life of two illegal immigrants who came to America, and how their jobs were lost and lives changed once people discovered they were not yet citizens. The movie differed from other illegal immigration stories because of the reason the two characters decided to risk a long journey to America. The Guatemalan government was taking children, women, and some men captive, and then bringing them to labor camps or killing them immediately. Rosa and Enrique would mostly likely be murdered if they remained in their community, which is why they went
The December 6th episode of Fareed Zakaria GPS touched on the strategies the U.S. is taking to contain terrorism, the stereotypes Americans have of certain minority groups (specifically Muslims), and how one group’s music is countering the horrifying attacks by ISIS that took place in Paris. Mr. Zakaria first sat down to interview President Obama’s national security advisor, Susan Rice, on what the path U.S. is planning to take to prevent any further ISIS acts of terrorism is. Rice claimed that this organization has shown it is capable of attacking territory outside of Syria and Iraq, and that the methods America is using are so far fairly successful. However, the problem beyond our control is the propaganda seen on social media that has been used to recruit foreign soldiers. The fact that ISIS and other terrorist groups are made up of Muslims caused the creation of a negative Muslim stereotype, which Dalia Mujahed addressed. Mujahed herself is Muslim, and explains how the majority of Muslims including her are outraged at the horrific acts done by her people. This reaction also applies to white, male Christians- other caucasian men with this religion would hopefully disapprove of any acts of terrorism conducted by people similar to them. Fareed Zakaria …show more content…
during class. The entire film El Norte showed the life of two illegal immigrants who came to America, and how their jobs were lost and lives changed once people discovered they were not yet citizens. The movie differed from other illegal immigration stories because of the reason the two characters decided to risk a long journey to America. The Guatemalan government was taking children, women, and some men captive, and then bringing them to labor camps or killing them immediately. Rosa and Enrique would mostly likely be murdered if they remained in their community, which is why they went