As a Palestinian living in the US, I have lost friends, job opportunities – and my faith in humanity
As a Palestinian living in the US, I have lost friends, job opportunities – and my faith in humanity
Every year has been catastrophic for Palestinians around the world, but the past 12 months have been unimaginable, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
You guys had faith in humanity?
I look both ways on a one-way street....
I lost mine a while ago. Insert "I'm doing my part!" Starship Troopers meme.
Yes, there are so many good people doing good things. It's kinda weird to me to include everyone when judging the bad behaviors of some.
Yes, I think anyone who's open to learning the fact that we're all shit eventually will. The question is what next.
I’m curious, to the people downvoting: why? Are you unable to see her humanity? What specifically in her deeply personal op ed made you so feel so strongly that you had to downvote this post? I’m genuinely curious. Or did you just see the word Palestinian and downvote it by force of habit, thus proving her point in the process?
This was a powerful op ed written by someone who knows what she’s talking about, exposing some uncomfortable truths about the US and what it valves.
I upvoted this post but to be fair, people downvote for different reasons.
I have downvoted articles I agree with that just had a very disingenuous headline.
Was it tho?
Don't get me wrong... It's awful racism is fucking shit and I'm subject to it as immigrant a lot. Obviously not to this level or anyone that was the wrong colour after 9/11.
But what did this article say? What opportunities/jobs/friends has she lost? Why not go into personal affairs, that's what the title lead me to believe the article was about.
Show us the daily struggles of immigrants and racism in full force! It just boggled down to yet another "generic" preaching to those already in your favour? This isn't swaying anyone, let's be real here. Those that need to read it, won't.
Its the easiest shit to get away with. Hating and masse. Its number one strategy which worked so well against "my people" and this journalist is feeding more into it! Show me your personal story, if you only show numbers, there's no personality, your people just became a statistic.
I hope my point comes across.
I think I get your point, but I'm not sure we read the same article. She did get pretty personal without naming names (we can’t expect anyone in her position to name names safely.)
Imagine feeling this every day of your life, it’s horrific:
…simply by paying my taxes, I am complicit in the slaughter and starvation of my own people.
And
…in 1967, my father had to flee again. He became a refugee, unable to ever return to live in the country where he was born. He has, however, taken me back to visit. I went back to his village when I had just turned six and had a brief taste of what a Palestinian childhood is like – by which I mean Israeli soldiers shot teargas at me and raided our village to burn the Palestinian flag.
Make sure you check out that Imgur link, it’s pictures of the journal she wrote when she was a kid visiting the West Bank. Doesn’t get much more personal than that.
Shame on you
As a US native, I welcome you with open arms. Now that you've lost your faith in humanity you truly are an American like the rest of us.
Shits fucked. I'm hopeful you'll find new friends that understand that too.
Have you tried... not being Palestinian?
-America, probably
Totally white male here in the US:
Lol yeah me too. You can expect that cycle about every year and a half.
Biden: sorry, best I could do is nukes for Isreals "self defense." Yeah yeah they have their own secret supply, and something something what does nukes have to do with self defense, but we're feeling charitable. Please don't turn against me AIPAC look I'm being a good little old boy.
Im sorry to tell you, but the powers (rich people) that be will never allow someone to be US president that doesnt support Israel. It is good to call them out for their bullshit, but you need to accept that you either have to throw away your vote, or vote for the (substantially) lesser evil.
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