Subway Posters Brilliantly Use Humor to Combat Major Muslim Stereotypes

[eridani]

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/04/29/muslims-are-coming?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-04-29



It's one of the satirical messages plastered on posters set to roll out in 140 New York City Subway stations this week. The project, intended to subvert damaging stereotypes about Muslims, comes in response to a proposed series of $100,000 ads on MTA buses that feature text and images likening Muslims to Hitler.

"We just felt like, if someone was going to spend $100,000 endorsing this, why don't we spend a fraction of that promoting a message of love and comedy about Muslims?" says Dean Obeidallah.

He and fellow comedian Negin Farsad teamed up to create what they've dubbed the Fighting-Bigotry-With-Delightful-Posters campaign. "They invented coffee, the toothbrush, and algebra," reads one poster that highlights the achievements of Muslims while maintaining a heavy dose of humor. "Oh wait, sorry about the algebra. That's a year of class you'll never get back," reads the text at the bottom.

The controversial "My Jihad" ads that Obeidallah's and Farsad's project seeks to counter were initially rejected by the MTA for violating its "viewpoint-neutral" standards. But last week, a U.S. district judge overturned the ban, ruling that the ads—funded by American Freedom Defense Initiative president Pamela Geller—were protected by the First Amendment.

[LostOne4Ever]

1. Now that is the way to fight Pam Geller and her bigoted allies! (nt)

[MattSh]

2. More of the posters at this link...

http://themuslimsarecoming.com/blog/the-fighting-bigotry-with-delightful-posters-campaign-is-getting-very-serious-and-even-delightful-er/#1

[ejbr]

4. Allah Akbar ...thanks n/t

[oberliner]

3. Brilliantly?

Not sure brilliant is the word to describe these posters.

Also - they are ads for a movie that these two stand-up comedians are promoting (called The Muslims are Coming).

[Bluenorthwest]

5. That's a film. These are promotional posters, in essence. Nothing wrong with that.

Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah made the film, saw it last year. It's alright.

"THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING! follows a band of Muslim-American comedians as they visit big cities, small towns, rural villages, and everything in between to combat Islamophobia!"
http://themuslimsarecoming.com/