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How Hollywood Makes Muslim Lives “Ungrievable” in the War on Terror

However warranted, our moral outrage at the news media’s prioritization of white lives over those over those of others, including Muslims, mistakes the symptom for the disease.

May 17, 2016
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by Ibrahim Kamal

When acts of terrorism in Boston or Paris take precedence over similar attacks in Ankara or Karachi, we often feel a sense of moral outrage at the news media for reminding us of a truism so blatant it hardly needs to be repeated: white lives matter more. But, our outrage, however warranted, mistakes the symptom for the disease.

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