#You’re literally not living in my reality bc it’s real and it pervades every space still

[stuckinapril]

Maybe an unpopular take but I think people who try to paint anti-Palestine/anti-Arab sentiment as just being the work of Zionists, or implants by the Israeli government to distract from what’s happening, are counterproductive—because it essentially insinuates that outside of Israel, anti-Arab sentiment is just fiction. In reality anti-Arab racism has historically been one of the easiest things for people to tap into, and I think it’s misleading to pretend that there aren’t people like that lurking among us. Some are silent and some are vocal, but they exist. A lot of people don’t see Arabs as worthy of saving simply because they’re Arab. It’s counterproductive to imply it’s just propaganda work or doesn’t actually exist.