Beyond “conversations:” confronting #anti-Blackness among #arab-americans
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The Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC) initiated the ’drop the A-word’ campaign, calling on Arabs to stop using the anti-Black slur, in February, 2014. (Photo: ’Muslim ARC’ Facebook page) The Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC) initiated the ’drop the A-word’ campaign, calling on Arabs to stop using the anti-Black slur, in February, 2014. (Photo: ’Muslim ARC’ Facebook page)
When discussing anti-Black #racism amongst Arab-Americans one often finds themselves immersed in reductionism, apologetics and ponderous efforts to incapacitate any discourse at all related to the subject. For some, the very idea that anti-Black racism exists not only abroad but within Arab-American communities brings with it a wave (...)
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