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Pygoscelis
I agree with the lady in the video. It is a social barrier far more than a functional one.
I have to say though that it is not exactly good PR for her to say that she can do everything wearing it and then immediately show herself shooting weapons and handling a sanke lol. Plays right into western stereotypes and fears. Could she not have first shown the clip of her bowling, parasailing, seadooing etc
The misconception is that Muslims cannot apparently also be involved in military activities because they are automatically "deviant" whilst Americans can happily show themselves wielding a weapon and their flag in the back and be considered as patriots.
Western stereotypes is that anyone who does not fit into the "dominant" identity of the colonizing regime is a rebel, deviant, etc. Like the French who when the French rebellion happened. Immediately viewed Haitians acting against French interest, colonization and the enslavement of Haitians with armed rebellion... They painted them as the worst lot whilst in their own country they rebelled and called for the emancipation of man.
The same thing when Americans invade nations and call people who are armed and defending their homes as talibans, terrorists and horrible names in order to demonize their actions.
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I remember when I wasn't Muslim and I was obsessed with the airforce and fighter pilots and weapons I wasn't labelled as anything. It was "normal" for me to like these things. Then I became a Muslim and the thought of me wielding a sniper weapon, knowing how to shoot and still liking the sound of fighter jet engines.... I was suddenly "radicalizing"