Subscribe to RSSSome other race?-Why doesn’t the government want to know how many Arabs there are in the US.
A lot of Israelis think it is rough growing up Jewish in the Western world, but we Palestinians and Jews share a lot. It’s just as difficult for us. As a child, my friends once surrounded me and demanded to know “What are you?” What am I, I wondered. “I’m American.” No you’re not, they insisted. So I went home and asked my dad. “Dad, what am I?” My dad shook his head and said, “Ya rubbee. Don’t tell them you are Palestinian. Tell them you are Syrian or Lebanese.” Imagine, it was okay to be Syrian or Lebanese back… Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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