As i look back on my Arab American backround, i think of the way we have been thought of and dealt with. People in my Social Studies class have been racist by saying when they hear "Arab", they think terroist. Even my former crush has called me a bad lebanese terroist.
The goverment also hasn't thought of us either. We are not counted as a race on the census and we are identified as "Ethnicity of former terrisom experts". Only 5% of all terroists are Arab Americans! We need our voices heard and our backround respected. We are people too!!! We need to be represented! As a Lebanese Arab-American myself, I feel this strongly. And yeah, you can be racist about me, but I won't take it.
Because i'm proud to be an Arab American.
The goverment also hasn't thought of us either. We are not counted as a race on the census and we are identified as "Ethnicity of former terrisom experts". Only 5% of all terroists are Arab Americans! We need our voices heard and our backround respected. We are people too!!! We need to be represented! As a Lebanese Arab-American myself, I feel this strongly. And yeah, you can be racist about me, but I won't take it.
Because i'm proud to be an Arab American.
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