The conflict of Sudan: Uprooting the black Africans

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Another reason why social constructions of race/ethnicity are ridiculous. I've also heard that but I know a LOT of Arabs who would not fit into our understanding of "white". And I don't consider Arab a "racial/ethnic" catergory. I use it to refer to people who are from countries where that is the dominate language/culture.

Arabian can be considered an ethnic, cultural, and regional grouping. The distinctions they make within that grouping can be based on religion, skin color, and so forth. To use racial subcategories is really unnecessary. But, if people insist on using "black" and "white" categories, a large percentage of people in Arabic countries would fit into AmeriKKKa's "white" category.

[southernelle25]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Arabian can be considered an ethnic, cultural, and regional grouping. The distinctions they make within that grouping can be based on religion, skin color, and so forth. To use racial subcategories is really unnecessary. But, if people insist on using "black" and "white" categories, a large percentage of people in Arabic countries would fit into AmeriKKKa's "white" category.

Perhaps, but definately not the case in Darfur/N. Sudan. Unlike in S. Sudan, these people are in every way racially the same; the vast overwhelming majority of so-called "Arabs" are indistinguishable from their neighbors. The only Arabs in Sudan are the Bedouins, and even they're more Sudanese than not.

In fact, I actually believe it does more damage to the situation when reporters, commentators, and politicians enable the "Arabs" by identifying them as such, as if they are a different race, while knowing full well that they are not. Rather, the "Arabs" should be called what they are and asked why they are killing their Sudanese brothers and why they are attacking their fellow Africans over this territory that they have shared for all their history.