Is it self-hate that I don’t identify as an Arab?

[Rainn]

Arab isn't only an ethnicity but for the most part also a culture and language. Sudanese are Arabs too. Lebanese are culturally arabized.



Because your threads just reek of OWD and cope.

Nobody in America would think of your people as white. Although, US government uses a very broad definition of white for census purposes. I believe this originated with certain ethnic groups, such as Lebanese and Syrian Christians in the early 20th century lobbying to be categorised as white.

But you aren't socially considered white along with Muslim Arabs in America.

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You are only 'white' in Latin America lel.

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I personally don't care what you identify as, but you ain't white.

Dude, my concern is not to be considered as white or nonwhite. I think you got me very wrong. I identify as neither Arab nor white. I identify as Maronite.

[Rainn]

Many people who speak Arabic are not true Arabs in the strictest ethnic sense. So if you say that it is self-hate for them not to identify as Arabs, you might as well say that North Africans in France are Frenchmen because they have learned to speak French, no?

Although Arab is more of a social ethnicity. Somalis are considered Arabs, as they are in the Arab League:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member...he_Arab_League

Yes, of course. Actually, for most people, Arabian identity is associated with Islam. It doesn’t mean every Muslim is Arab but Islam is introduced to Levant by people from Arabia and therefore Islamic identity and Arabian identity are considered interchangeably in the region.

[Asten]

Ethnicity is more important than than meta-ethnicity. Rejecting the appurtenance of a group show that you're ashamed to be part of. The American movies who diabolised Arabs people as jihadist and backward don't help. Be broud of your blood mate.

[Token]

Many people who speak Arabic are not true Arabs in the strictest ethnic sense. So if you say that it is self-hate for them not to identify as Arabs, you might as well say that North Africans in France are Frenchmen because they have learned to speak French, no?

Although Arab is more of a social ethnicity. Somalis are considered Arabs, as they are in the Arab League:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member...he_Arab_League

This analogy doesn't makes sense, the vast majority of French-speaking North African have no French ancestry while the vast majority of Arabic-speakers do have some degree of Arab admixture, including Somalis and Lebanese Arabs. The impact of Arabs in the Levant is roughly equivalent to the impact of the Turks in Turkey, and Anglo-Saxons in England, so Arabic identity and culture there do have a firm basis on shared ancestry from Peninsular Arabia.

[Rainn]

Ethnicity is more important than than meta-ethnicity. Rejecting the appurtenance of a group show that you're ashamed to be part of. The American movies who diabolised Arabs people as jihadist and backward don't help. Be broud of your blood mate.

Yes, but neither my mother's nor my father's Arabic identity is strong. They I identify as a Maronite. Also, Islam came to the Levant via Arabians and therefore Islamic and Arabian identities are associated with each other in the region.

[Insuperable]

No. You have every right not to identify as an Arab.

[Kross]

No, you're just not white regardless of whatever identity you wanna embrace.

[Rainn]

No, you're just not white regardless of whatever identity you wanna embrace.

Yes, but I do not have a claim to be white. I just identify as a Maronite.

[Ayetooey]

Identify how you want; your ethnic group has a unique history and it makes more sense to identify with that than with a broad meta-ethnicity.

[Ranger0075]

Arabs are honorable people who value their values. Being Muslim isn't something to be ashamed of.