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Title: Arab-Americans in Congress are disproportionately Republican Post by: Atlas Force on February 18, 2018, 07:18:59 PM http://www.aaiusa.org/meet_arab_american_members_in_115th_congress
Discuss. Title: Re: Arab-Americans in Congress are disproportionately Republican Post by: President Punxsutawney Phil on February 18, 2018, 07:25:52 PM The first Arab American in Congress was a Democrat, surprisingly enough.
Title: Re: Arab-Americans in Congress are disproportionately Republican Post by: Not a Partisan Hack ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) on February 18, 2018, 08:43:19 PM It's only 6 people, I don't take small samples in congress like that. Have a dozen or so members in congress before you're taken you seriously.
Title: Re: Arab-Americans in Congress are disproportionately Republican Post by: Nyvin on February 18, 2018, 09:18:23 PM Issa is Arab??
Title: Re: Arab-Americans in Congress are disproportionately Republican Post by: Adam Griffin on February 19, 2018, 06:44:28 AM Nobody tell Louisiana that one-third of its congressional delegation is Arab-American!
Title: Re: Arab-Americans in Congress are disproportionately Republican Post by: Unironic Kamala Harris for President Supporter on February 19, 2018, 07:41:38 AM Issa is Arab?? I can’t believe you’re surprised. Title: Re: Arab-Americans in Congress are disproportionately Republican Post by: TDAS04 on February 24, 2018, 08:43:03 PM Lol, my conservative state had a liberal Arab Senator in the 1970s (serving alongside McGovern, no less).
Anyway, impressive how well those of Lebanese descent have been represented politically. Title: Re: Arab-Americans in Congress are disproportionately Republican Post by: bagelman on February 25, 2018, 02:34:21 PM Wait a minute. Lebanese are not "Arabs". Issa is not Arab, he is Lebanese. Darin LaHood is also Lebanese. The inclusion of Lebanese as "Arabs" is a grave insult to the ethnic group and is cultural imperialism. The whole reason there is a Lebanese diaspora is because of modern internal Arab conquest of their land from the east, thanks to the border drawn by the French colonial Empire after WWI.
Is there a single one of these people who are actually Arabs? The Arab American Institute is culturally imperialist, they'd probably include Israelis or Persians as Arabs if they could get away with it. |