Declarations of the end of race ignore the continuing impact of racism upon socio-economic inequality in ‘racial states’. Nevertheless, the idea of post-racialism has gained ground in a post-9/11 era, defined by a growing suspicion of diversity.
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Western media has a systemic bias against Palestinians
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Nearly all media coverage of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is biased toward Israel and against Palestine and if you don’t know what to look for, you might never see it.
As news about Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories comes at us from our televisions, our computers and our social media feeds, we may wish to find an “unbiased” source of information; it’s a complicated issue, after all, and the specter of media bias hangs over every contentious topic. But on some issues such as the situation in Israel and Palestine media bias clearly goes one way, and it runs deep. Even advocating for Palestinian rights can get one fired from mainstream news media.
UMass dismisses pro-Israel group’s complaint over professor’s film
SUT JHALLY
Published: 12/7/2017 9:15:50 PM
AMHERST A University of Massachusetts professor was recently the subject of a research complaint about one of his documentaries, and although the university quickly dismissed the accusation, the professor says it was an attempt to chill his free speech.
The complaint against communication professor Sut Jhally was filed by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, or CAMERA a Boston lobbying group that seeks to challenge criticism of Israel in the news media.
At issue was a single edit in the film “The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in the United States,” a production of the Media Education Foundation in Northampton where Jhally is the executive director. The film “explores how the Israeli government, the U.S. government, and the pro-Israel lobby have joined forces, often with very different motives, t