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"An important and timely analysis of how the racialized terrorist threat has been produced and mobilized in the 21st century. Drawing on the history of racism in the US, the video sheds light on the current anti-Muslim hysteria by tracing its roots in the political, economic and social contexts of past decades. It be should be required viewing in courses on race, culture, media, politics and US history.”
- Bill Mullen | Professor of American Studies at Purdue University

"Deepa Kumar's calm, dispassionate, and fact-based assessment of how US media have exaggerated the Muslim threat and turned Muslims into the new face of terror comes at just the right time. This video is the perfect classroom tool for cutting through the wild speculation, baseless accusation, and unhinged fear of Islam that now rules so much of our political culture."
- Robert McChesney | Professor of Communication at University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

"You won’t find a more lucid, convincing, and well-documented analysis of the historical roots and current geopolitical interests driving the American and European “moral panic” about “terrorism” than Deepa Kumar’s amazing illustrated lecture. Captivating media clips reveal how the media, politicians, and even scholars have racialized Muslims and fomented fear of others, distracting the public from the inequalities that plague society and damage so many individuals. Here is a film that puts Trump’s “Muslim ban” in context.”
- Lila Abu-Lughod | Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University | Author of Do Muslim Women Need Saving?

"Deepa Kumar’s Constructing the Terrorist Threat begins with President Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban,” and then proceeds to unpack all the complexities that lie within the loaded concept of “terrorism.” The film presents chilling evidence of the extensive damage caused by the bigoted idea that terrorists always “look like Muslims.” In her brilliant analysis, Kumar clearly describes the racism embedded within American Islamophobia while charting a path toward restoring democracy."
- Dr. Erik Love l Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dickinson College l Author of Islamophobia and Racism in America

“Radical Islamic terror” and “Muslim rage” are fictions, but belief in them are facts that, Deepa Kumar explains, have led to dehumanizing and discriminating against Muslim Americans. It is a story all too similar to the experiences of African and Japanese Americans. Why go down this road once more? The simple answer is because the endless “War on Terror” pays handsome dividends to its many promoters: politicians, bureaucrats, experts, weapons makers, and the media.”
- Dr. Robert Vitalis l Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania

“Deepa Kumar's Constructing the Terrorist Threat is a must-view. It is an antidote at a time when anti-Islam and anti-Muslim attitudes and behavior have become normalized, threatening Muslim civil liberties and informing foreign policy.”
- Dr. John L. Esposito l Professor of Religion & International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University

“Deepa Kumar delivers on the promise of her video’s title as she offers a wide-ranging exploration regarding the intersection of racism, Islamophobia, and policy in Constructing the Terrorist Threat. With reference to important scholarship and other convincing evidence, she names many of the actors who contribute to the dominant narrative regarding “terrorism” today while also assessing the cost of the so-called War on Terrorism for all Americans as well as those in the combat zones the United States engages.”
- Peter Gottschalk l Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University l Co-Author of Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment

“Deepa Kumar expertly situates the current Muslim terrorist threat within the longer arc of US history from slavery and settler-colonialism to the War on Terror. She argues that racialized threats have long served to reproduce unjust social and economic orders. Constructing the Terrorist Threat is the definitive educational guide to the cultural imagination of the War on Terror.”
- Dr. Arun Kundnani l Visiting Assistant Professor at New York University l Author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror

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