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Terrorism And Terrorism

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When a White man commits a terror act, why is that they are never called terrorist? Why does the word terrorist only implied to Muslims? What promotes the idea of terrorist? Is terrorism only implying to someone who commits an act of terror? Or Is it based on being a Muslim or brown, rather than an act? After 9/11, Muslims were attacked for their religion, up till now according to Lydia O’Connor . Muslims have faced discrimination and hate on the religion because others see Islam as a threat and a way to promote violence. This is also known as “Islamophobia”. Muslims are specifically targeted because of how the media such as Fox News implies them as “terrorists”. FOX News is a one of the largest channel in all cable and is a mainstream media in America, where millions of viewers as exposed to how they reverses the logic of the word terrorist and gives a new meaning that Muslims or brown are terrorist. The lack of accountability of Fox News holds and presents that Muslims or brown are terrorist. Nearly sixteen years later, Islamophobia has not improved, the word “terrorist” became a word where it’s based on perceptions and judgments on appearance. Fox News usage of the word shows that it is not someone who commits an act of terror, but is given an identity to Muslims and implied them as terrorist. The word “terrorist” is only used towards Muslims in Fox news. The term terrorism has become politicized that the word terrorist is seen as someone who is Muslim or brown. In

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