Yay! This is exactly how I wanted to see another hijabi on TV. 🙁
In that last scene she railed on those bankers though
Yeah, and I think that scene in itself was satisfying to some people, but she was immediately shut down again after that, without any support. And the comment itself, “this country”, was dismissive in such a specific way; however competent you are at your job, whatever work you put it into it, your comments aren’t even worth addressing. Instead, it was Quinn’s actual threats of harm that worked.
And maybe that’s how they want to do this, and it’s the sleazy banker’s words, not the show’s, but this scene is after Saul’s ridiculous rant and he’s certainly been the moral center of the series so far. Why should his breakdown be at her expense, especially considering the show’s history with American Muslim women, where I think the only two we’ve seen have been terrorists?
And on a personal level, it’s disheartening to see one of the very few hijabi Muslims on US TV treated like this.