2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Kos: A Black Man's take on NN/BLM dustup: "Black Folks No on Bernie? Really?" [View all]shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)and my share of the family trust alone could probably buy your house. That's what happens when you've had money long enough. The pearl clutching instinct dies down a little. You start to feel a little noblesse oblige, a niggling concern for the poor. Unless of course you're a complete bastard in which case you carry on as before.
Let me see, I volunteer for eight charities, most with a middle east focus. I am on the boards of two. I donate to probably two dozen more (10% of my income).
I help organise and donate to the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in my city each year, although I am not a Muslim, but its a nice interfaith gesture. That requires me to speak to Sudanese, Somali, Nigerian, Arab, South east Asian and Pakistani and Bagladeshi people, pretty much every PoC that lives in these parts. I happen to speak a couple of languages so even though they probably dont need me any more I guess I must still be useful.
I don't regard that as somehow equipping me to speak for Arabs, much less People of Colour - Ive never been particularly keen on that term, anyway. And I sure as shit don't troll a fucking message board demanding to be uncritically accepted as the authentic mouthpiece of all Arabs worldwide.