Posted on 03/03/2017 12:27:32 PM PST by drewh
Star Wars actor Riz Ahmed gave some advice on how to fight the terror group ISIS.
During a Thursday speech to Channel 4's annual diversity lecture in Parliament, Ahmed urged television producers to embrace diversity and have more Muslim representation, or young people will feel alienated and will be more vulnerable to joining extremist groups.
"If we fail to represent, we are in danger of losing people to extremism," Ahmed said.
"In the mind of the Isis recruit, he’s the next James Bond right? Have you seen some of those Isis propaganda videos, they are cut like action movies," he continued. "Where is the counter narrative? Where are we telling these kids they can be heroes in our stories, that they valued?"
Ahmed recently starred in Rouge One: A Star Wars Story as the defected imperial pilot Bodhi Rook. He has appeared on HBO's "The Night Of" and "Girls."
The actor took the opportunity to focus his criticism at the British television industry. He told the audience if he wanted to work, he would have to go across the ocean to the United States.
"It takes American remakes of British shows to cast someone like me," Ahmed said. "We end up going to America to find work. I meet with producers and directors here and they say ‘we don’t have anything for you, all our stories are set in Cornwall in the 1600s.'"
Ahmed suggested that the government should take action to help solve the problem of diversity in British television. He suggest that the government withhold funds until there is minority representation.
Like that old joke - Why aren’t there any Muslims on Star Trek? Because it is in the future.
when ever this moe with crap between here ears comes on I turn off Fox.
Who the hell did this dumbass screw to get her jobs cause she sure as hell didn’t get it on merit.,
It is about talking to them. And remember that they aren’t all nuts. It’s ain’t about supreme, it’s about remember that they’re freaking humanbeings and treating them as such.
For crying out loud. Everyone has their own Facebook and youtube channel available to them if they choose and can be a celebrity in their own mind like a billion other people on the planet already do.
It’s part of the FOX minority hiring program: Jobs For The BRAIN DEAD! Shep Smith was the first.
LOL. I forgot about that. You’re right! Thanks
Oh damn. You are correct.
I guess I can’t tell one Ahmed from another.
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