#arab privilege

[middleeasternsarecool]

so did any of you grow up under the dictatorships of MENA countries and now you're in exile? cuz ive been trying to do activist things, even tho last time it cost me country and almost life, and super triggering, bas recently i was told that not knowing the history of resistance in america means i cant participate in anti-fascist things and bringing up syria just had them just say i was "arab privileged" NVM that im Arabized not arab, but y3ni maybe im missing smth cuz culture?

I can’t speak to a life in a MENA country, as I was born in the USA and have lived here my entire life here, but I can say that whoever told you you can’t participate in anti-fascist things is an idiot. You are allowed to protest whether or not you know “the history of resistance in America” - I can guarantee most Americans don't know jack-shit about any of American history. And for the “Arab privilege” thing, I'm pretty sure that only applies to privilege over non-arabs in the MENA, and has absolutely no bearing on American issues.

- Araxi

[maba3reff]

i honestly get all skeptical of arabs talking about white privilege and what not. do y’all denounce arab supremacy or not? because unless you get on that you’re a shitty privileged hypocrite who’s really just upset you don’t have the same privilege white people do.

[yoongiaesthetic]

I remember when my fam went to Egypt a few summers ago. Whenever we went to historical sites we would avoid using English cause our aunts there said that they'd charge us more when they find out we came from the States so we just spoke Somali throughout the whole trip. Apparently they charge way less if you're Arab

[hijabi-pr0nstarxxxx-blog]

Most of my life I didn't like being pakistani and wished I could be arab instead and I never thought about arab privilege or anything like that but really Im the same as the black kid in the experiment that picks the white doll when they say pick the good doll im not calling out Arabs or anything im just saying this is a thing