Riz Ahmed: Redeeming Multiculturalism in the Post-9/11 EraMain MenuStretching the NecklaceThe Post-9/11 Blues: Subverting the StereotypeFour Lions: Finding Comedy in Suicide BombersEnglistan: A Post-Brexit Ode to Multicultural EnglandWorks CitedJennifer Smartebce7f4d0c3f51cd2375c611f07f1557f9c89075
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1media/5.jpgmedia/Riz-Ahmed-in-The-Night-Of.jpeg2017-03-09T23:21:28-08:00Jennifer Smartebce7f4d0c3f51cd2375c611f07f1557f9c890751514912image_header2017-03-10T08:32:26-08:00Jennifer Smartebce7f4d0c3f51cd2375c611f07f1557f9c89075 For eleven years, Riz Ahmed built his insider-outsider star-image on a repertoire of incisive, intellectually sophisticated films and albums dealing with intersections of ethnicity and religion. Through turns subverting Islamic and South Asian stereotypes and emphasizing his diasporic experience, Ahmed embodied a rupture in the “Clash of Civilizations” narrative that exposed the ideological contradictions brought on by post-9/11 cross-Atlantic hysteria. Now that his celebrity status has breached mainstream Hollywood, Ahmed has begun to wield his star power as a platform for activist causes. From championing government-supported diversity and representation in the House of Commons to crowdfunding $150,000 for Syrian refugees, Ahmed has cemented his nationally-oriented and cosmopolitan qualities as an artist, fighting for marginalized populations around the globe. For Ahmed, reconciling the contradictions his public persona manages and resolves means reinvigorating the ideology of multiculturalism for a post-Brexit, post-Drumpf era. “Multiculturalism isn’t just a buzzword, it’s not just something to debate – I am multiculturalism,” he stated in an July 2016 interview with The Guardian. “And so is Nigel Farage, because of his ancestors. We talk about it as if it’s something else, as if it’s a guest that may have overstayed their welcome sitting in the front room, but what we’re talking about is us.”
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12017-03-09T23:29:29-08:00tweet2Riz Ahmed's tweet from February 19, 2017 raises awareness for incidents of violence in Pakistan.media/Screen Shot 2017-03-09 at 11.29.04 PM.pngplain2017-03-09T23:31:13-08:00
12017-03-09T23:34:10-08:00facebook2Riz Ahmed gave a speech in the House of Parliament in London on March 2, 2017 in which he stressed the importance of giving black and minority ethnic actors a platform in a post-Brexit Britain. Ahmed gave Channel 4’s annual diversity lecture in which he warned that TV is alienating young people and could lead them, in severe cases, toward extremism.media/Screen Shot 2017-03-09 at 11.32.49 PM.pngplain2017-03-09T23:35:17-08:00
