Muslim Characters Absent From 87% of Top 200 TV Shows, New Study Finds
thewrap.comwere depicted onscreen were perpetrators of violence while nearly 40% were targets of violent attacks. Many of these characters were tied to foreign locations, and nearly half only spoke in non-English languages.
When it comes to professions, the largest percentage of Muslim characters with a job were criminals (37.2%) while 15.7% worked in law enforcement.
Male characters were also more likely to be depicted with a job than female characters. Female Muslim characters were also subject to other stereotyping, including more than half of whom wore a hijab — despite males being dressed in a variety of clothes.
Muslim women were often depicted as “fearful and submissive to their male counterparts,” the study finds.Riz Ahmed, who supported the research through his production company Left Handed Films, said in a statement: “TV shows are the stories we bring into our homes.
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