Wouldn’t be offended necessarily. He’s Muslim and South Asian (parents are Gujurati and Punjabi) so it’s easy to think that. We need to offer grace to people outside of our ingroup. They’re going to know less and that’s ok. Just like I don’t know if O’Keefe is Irish, Scottish or Potato.
Mamdani isn’t Arab; he’s Indian. A quarter of the world would be offended by the implication these two groups are the same.
Wouldn’t be offended necessarily. He’s Muslim and South Asian (parents are Gujurati and Punjabi) so it’s easy to think that. We need to offer grace to people outside of our ingroup. They’re going to know less and that’s ok. Just like I don’t know if O’Keefe is Irish, Scottish or Potato.
He’s not an Arab.
Conflating being a Muslim with being Arabian is a good habit to break.
Absolutely agree. Especially since the majority of the world’s Muslims (60%) live in the Asia-Pacific region.
The biggest Muslim country in the World is Indonesia.
I thought he was from Uganda lol I wouldn’t have called him arab or indian
He’s Ugandan-born but both his parents are Indian and he identifies as Indian-American.
Ah okay thanks