Tweet On the job application that I filled out 30 years ago, Arabs and people of Middle-Eastern descent were included in the box under ‘white.’ Lots of Arabs didn’t mind that and enjoyed the ride of white privilege at least on paper. In the good old days, that is before the 9/11 tragedy, which changed the Americans’ psyche toward Arabs and Muslims forever, Arabs thought of themselves as invisible, and racism and racial profiling were just black issues, not theirs. Although, Arabs have their own misplaced racist attitudes toward darker-skinned people–even of their own ethnicity. The issue of Arabs and African identity is still a sad reality even though lots…
