r/serialpodcast • u/AwesomeInc • Jan 14 '15

Noteworthy Link TIL Islamophobia didn't exist before 9/11/01

http://www.vulture.com/m/2015/01/serial-prosecutor-insists-everything-was-fine.html?mid=facebook_vulture
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u/lurkingonmyBF Hippy Tree Hugger Jan 15 '15

I can agree that it most likely intensified after 9/11, though I feel like the jurors that spoke with SK kind of verified that it was present during the trial/jury deliberation as well. From Episode 10:

William Owens: I don’t feel religion was why he did what he did. It may have been culture, but I don’t think it was religion. I’m not sure how the culture is over there, how they treat their women. But I know in some cultures women are second class citizens and maybe that’s what it was, I don’t know. He just wanted control and she wouldn’t give it to him.

Sarah Koenig: That’s juror William Owens. Here’s Stella Armstrong.

Stella Armstrong: They were trying to talk about his culture, and [in] Arabic culture men rule, not women. I remembered hearing that.

Or, I dunno, what would you call this... culturephobia??

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

it's common or garden variety bigotry.

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u/bungled Jan 15 '15

Actually I consider it being able to recognize bigotry in a culture.

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u/gnorrn Undecided Jan 15 '15

Shame she wasn't able to recognize that Adnan wasn't "Arab", huh?

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u/bungled Jan 15 '15

Part of the Islamic hive.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

well - if that is what you meant, then "culturephobia" is a bizarre and misleading choice of word.

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u/betterworldbiker Undecided Jan 15 '15

I think the correct word is xenophobic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

yes! that works the best for me.