Above is
the original photo uploaded on iStock photo by the photographer Aman Khan which
then was taken into creating a meme commonly known as "Original Muslim
Man" The man in the photo is said to believe to be a fifty year old
Pashtum Muslim. This photo has now evolved into a meme that is being generated
my internet users with any caption they want to write on it. The captions can
go so far that it can be borderline too offensive and racist for Pakistani
Muslims such as mocking the 9/11 incident by mentioning destroying the towers
as the meme below. Jokes about epidemic disasters are not funny considering the
families lost in the disaster. This also gives a false representation of
Pakistani Muslims and their hats and linking them to be a terrorist is a
stereotype in which society views it as acceptable. There has to be a point in
which society draws the line in displaying humor with stereotypes about an ethnicity
and when it goes too far and becomes racist. People however have no sense of
character and pride in their own ethnicity that they accept and agree with the
stereotypical joke such as this "Original Muslim Man" meme
associating Pakistani Muslims being very Anti-American with the captions
written on the meme. This stereotype is seen today in the airports. Most of the
time, people who wear the Muslim hats are put to the side after going through
the metal detectors for further inspection in the airports in fear of having
another disaster as 9/11 again. It is racist towards them and unfair for having
a general stereotype of being a terrorist just because of a disaster that was
associated with their ethnicity. There are Pakistani people who are not Muslim
and don't follow their appreciation of killing themselves for their religion to
find paradise and doing an action that is giving praise.
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