#more perspective

Nightly Sketches

I’m gonna watch “say her name” now, about Sandra Bland.

Have you ever thought back on some of the crushes you had in the past, tried to think of exactly WHY you crushed on those people, & were at a complete loss to explain why you were ever so hung up on them?

Yes there are actually many Mizrahim from Arab backgrounds who are trying to break down the Jewish/Arab dichotomy bc of how it erases sites of convergences, Mizrahim speaking Arabic, identifying with Arab cultures etc, there’s a big push in Israel. And elswhere with significant Mizrahi populations for a resurgence in Mizrahim cultures and arts (via music and visual arts). The Jewish/Arab dichotomy is def harmful in that respect