Racism in homelands

During the course of Homelands, a large issue was the amount of racism towards the Muslim culture brought clear with Brodie's time away after going missing as well as Carrie's time in Baghdad. This does follow the theme of Americanization as it's made to seem patriotic the result of this wasn't the best as it isn't only viewed by the patriotic Americans referred to in the show but people of many cultures and races. Representation is fairly low although a female lead is present being a big step she had to be majorly flawed and made in some situations to use her sexuality to an advantage which isn't a big thing when working with a Male lead linking to the idea that female characters in film are there to appease the male viewers. 

With a story as captivating as homelands it is unfortunate to have such little representation and so many links in what seems like a pro racism position. The fact that Brodie going away and having the conversion from Christian to Muslim is all good until the show shows that the conversion also changed him from the lost war hero into the anti-government terrorist.

In an episode showing Brodie praying to Allah (god) he is caught by his daughter but when discovered by Dana is received in what seems to be a negative light as she starts off scared of her dad's conversion asking questions which link to it being a bad thing.

In a show with this many racist overtones there is bound to be some back lash in this case it was taken to more than just comments as an Arab artist decided to sneak some Anti-homelands graffiti into the set of the show. For a while this was not recognized by the crew as they could not distinguish the "hate art" from the real set design some of these pieces say in Arabic "Homeland is not a series" "black lives matter" "There is no Homeland" and "Homeland is racist" in a way the creators received a reaction they possibly craved as it leads to the show being talked about leading to extra publicity referring to the valid points, made by people who are wrongly represented, as "artistic sabotage."

To conclude, the shows negative representation of the Muslim community is a large issue that is scraped over by the everyday patriotic American craving the spotlight of the hero and making any other race seem evil or in ways inferior. This is most probably done as an act of trying to make the shows main representation group (the straight, white, American) seem like the be all and end all of the world as that is the majority of their viewers and the show flips representation around to put this group (the majority) front and center in the good guy gone bad situation mixed with the idea that Americans are good, Muslims are bad and mixing the two leads to a case like Brodie the American terrorist when in fact a large problem in American society is Americans causing drama and pulling the white privilege card as their reinforcement overall this issue is one that is and has been on its way to a resolution for years the process only slowed by a curtain current president working opposite the cause possibly being one of America biggest threats.