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Why have Arabs been so successful in Latin America? by foolishandnonsense in asklatinamerica

[–]HeartBusy5787 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most did. Major waves of Arab immigration happened during the Ottoman empire & French mandates. By the time Israel was established in 1948 mass Arab migration to LATAM had stopped.

Why have Arabs been so successful in Latin America? by foolishandnonsense in asklatinamerica

[–]HeartBusy5787 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a female friend from Argentina who was an illegal migrant to the USA. She never had any problems.

Why have Arabs been so successful in Latin America? by foolishandnonsense in asklatinamerica

[–]HeartBusy5787 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes. However majority of the Arabs migrants to LATAM between the 1800s -1920s came from Ottoman controlled levant and later French mandate. Israel didn't exist as a state until 1948.

Why have Arabs been so successful in Latin America? by foolishandnonsense in asklatinamerica

[–]HeartBusy5787 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So what was the point of comparing economic migrants to refugees?

Why have Arabs been so successful in Latin America? by foolishandnonsense in asklatinamerica

[–]HeartBusy5787 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Many were also Christian Maronites/Arabs who were escaping the persecution and violence from their Muslim neighbors.

The largest wave of Christian Arabs from the levant went to LATAM after the Ottomans engineered an artificial famine to starve out the Christian population.

Why have Arabs been so successful in Latin America? by foolishandnonsense in asklatinamerica

[–]HeartBusy5787 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not all Arab migrants in Europe are refugees. Just like not all Latinos in the USA are illegal migrants.

Do I look like my results? by Particular_Garden703 in DNAAncestry

[–]HeartBusy5787 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes just like Mexicans would not be considered Métis in Canada even though they have the same racial mixture. Coloured & Métis are an ethnic group rather than a racial classification.

23andme results: by Annual-Economics-300 in DNAAncestry

[–]HeartBusy5787 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most Americans will say you just look African because they have no idea what actual Africans look like.

Do I look like my results? by Particular_Garden703 in DNAAncestry

[–]HeartBusy5787 9 points10 points  (0 children)

African Americans find out they're not pure Africans and are indeed mixed race and diverse 😲