Tariq Nelson
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04:48:04 am on June 27, 2008 | # | |
Ebony magazine recently had an article about the tensions between Somalis and black Americans in Columbus, Ohio. Charles and Jamerican Muslimah (part one and part two) have both commented on the situation since they live in Columbus, OH and Minneapolis (respectively) which have the two largest populations of Somalis in the country.
I have a few comments of my own here.
One thing I have noticed is the increasing tendency in many cities to say “Desi”, “Arab” or “Somali” and mean “Muslim” and vice versa.
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razib 11:28 am on June 27, 2008 | #
One thing I have noticed is the increasing tendency in many cities to say “Desi”, “Arab” or “Somali” and mean “Muslim” and vice versa.
part of it is just ignorance. brown folk (indian, muslim, etc.) all look the same. but i have noted before that people like hussein ibish routinely conflate muslim and arab american when they’re on talking heads panels. i think this is pretty annoying since
1) majority of american muslims are not arab
2) majority of american arabs are not muslim
Nattuk 2:07 pm on June 29, 2008 | #
3. majority of desis are not muslim either.
Nattuk 2:07 pm on June 29, 2008 | #
(desis in america, if that wasn’t clear).