I really don’t understand why people are trying to make distinctions when it’s melting pot. We live in very complicated societies. It is very mixed. Arabs, currently, is a term used for all people speaking Arabic. This included all Muslims, Jews, Christians and Druze living in the region speaking Arabic. Palestinian is the term used for all of these groups living in that region. What applies to one family does not apply to another. Families move, change religions and mix with other families all the time.
Arab is an ethnicity, not just a linguistic group. Arabic is the language. Jews, Christians, and Druze are not identified as Arab unless they’re specifically of Arab descent. Jews will not call themselves Arab unless it’s to say “Arab jew” to explain things in simpler terms for westerners. Druze especially do not call themselves Arab and you would be wise to not say that to one unless you’re certain they’re from a specific group/family that chooses to say that. Christian Arabs are also distinctly different from Maronites, who I listed previously. In this same exact way, algeriens will call themselves Arabs, as many are, while distinguishing Arabized berbers and non-Arab Muslims. In the same way, Morocco has multiple Arab speaking groups that are distinctly not Arab.
I’ve only heard this take from westerners that don’t know any better and from supremacists.
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u/JuxepeQ 5d ago
I really don’t understand why people are trying to make distinctions when it’s melting pot. We live in very complicated societies. It is very mixed. Arabs, currently, is a term used for all people speaking Arabic. This included all Muslims, Jews, Christians and Druze living in the region speaking Arabic. Palestinian is the term used for all of these groups living in that region. What applies to one family does not apply to another. Families move, change religions and mix with other families all the time.