Actually, neither men are Arab American. F. Murray Abraham is Assyrian and Rami Malek is Coptic. Misrepresenting the achievements of indigenous peoples contributes to their erasure.https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1100041256938496000 …
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There a reasonable argument that Copts are the remnant of Egypt's pre-Islamic population, but then a lot of, say, the Lebanese or the Moroccans are not Arab and that's not how the term is usually used.
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I'm incredibly uninterested in this argument, but I think the Copts have the right to define themselves.
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They have a right to think of themselves in a certain way, but they don't have the right to make others think of them in the same way
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OK buddy, you have a great day now.
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