We're Not White | Amer Zahr | TEDxDetroit

[@DetroitLives313]

He's good, but more importantly........he is right!

[@sambulls]

bruh what a dead crowd that guy was killing it

[@tigerheaddude]

sambulls not really, it wasn't that funny

[@NowraxGG]

@@tigerheaddude its not suppose to be a stand up comedy show anyway .

[@tigerheaddude]

NOWRAX I think it was obvious that he was going for a stand-up comedy routine

[@Mz_95]

Cuz he said Palestine that’s why

[@LBMuslim94]

@@tigerheaddude yeah but he wasnt forcing it. He was simoky incorporating comedy to what he was truely trying to get across to keep the audience captivated and it definitely worked. Dude was great

[@wsnkj3383]

I once drew a box and wrote Arab next to it and checked the box🤣

[@valuecalc]

Wsnk J, good move. Arabs are not white.

[@averagebodybuilder]

You shouldn't have to arabs are originally from Asia. Lebanon is in the continent of ASIA. So is the country of Qatar, on the continent of ASIA.

[@ظلشكلك]

There you go my friend

[@daveerwin6981]

this guy is too good for this crowd

[@alharbimohammed]

@@averagebodybuilder what are you talking about ...what about Egypt, morocco, Algeria, lebia, Sudan.... half of the arab world is in africa too

[@untheist5533]

I’m of African decent & I’m 200% w/you Amer. Start a petition & I’ll definitely sign it.

[@johnmartin3134]

Most Mediterranean countries, Spain, Italy, Greece... were considered non white, but then they changed it for higher percentages

[@rykson161]

Arabs are African ! No such place as the Middle East ... there is Eastern Africa !!

[@abortionismurder4265]

@@johnmartin3134 lol i believe it

[@sidimightbe]

@@abortionismurder4265 abortion is murder

[@ahmedabdullah8909]

@@rykson161 Arabs are not African. True that part of Arab countries are located in Africa like Egypt morocco Tunisia Algeria Sudan Mauritania and Libya, but there are more Arab countries in Asia in total of 11 or 12 countries.

[@Palestineexists]

MENA : Middle East and North Africa

[@karamlevi]

Nice 👍🏽

[@lilahdog568]

@Fuckya Lookin at they as white as a Greek so

[@samyrandome425]

@Sirush Levonyan What's a race really ?

[@kyrah1790]

lilahdog 568 lmao arabs are olive most

[@rodayodryve7998]

You are White, grow up.

[@brennanconway3728]

Better idea... Get rid of all the boxes, and add a blank space. Let people define for themselves

[@itsme-jx9xt]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Browny241422]

I completely agree with you 🏅 If they continue this race thing..sooner or later they wouldn't have anymore space for people who are becoming more mixed. Some people are very mixed these days. They can tick on all of the boxes to pleased themselves and their relatives hahaha!

[@AArrad]

BC Do you know how slow the bureaucratic system is? How long it would take to file millions upon millions of forms, and you also have cases where people put in the same word spelled differently, and then those end up classified as 26 races but theyre really one race (written the same). There is no perfect system.

[@12shamed]

Why even ask about nationality can’t we all just be recognized as humans ?

[@unknownv8462]

No

[@fahadtube1406]

He is really good and funny. However, the crowd is not that much.

[@nanjemoyal-kursi3078]

* The crowd is not that much (participating) because they are White and so much truth is beaing spoken from this brother. In other words stepping on white people's toes/striking a nerve/making them feal guilty.

[@saddiqfogle5793]

I do standup, and when you drop truth sometimes the audience nods in agreement instead of laugh.

[@motherofsolomon6619]

The "crowd" doesn't like Truth 😏. Shalom 🕊️

[@samueld8642]

this isnt a stand up comedy special?

[@Rydonittelo]

That's because it's a Ted talk, not a comedy club

[@Reem-Amar]

Palestine 🇵🇸 always and forever ♥

[@mohamedalibraham5144]

Long Live PALESTINE. Much Love from Tunisia North-Africa.

[@lucius5787]

Weld bledi

[@aharonmizrachi440]

Long live ISRAEL

[@argadargad9128]

@@lucius5787 LONG LIVE ARAB, AND ARAB PALESTINE,

[@goodboy-ct9wk]

@@aharonmizrachi440 shame on you. You're a Muslim and that's your support.? Shame on you

[@GeneralWisefool]

@@aharonmizrachi440 eedjit

[@learnmore9472]

My name is Jihad and i'm proud, I won't change it.

[@neoottomanempire3898]

@Tony BANDS Holly War

[@Yoshi-wx8sx]

@@neoottomanempire3898 look up the arabic definition

[@Itachi-rl9xg]

@@neoottomanempire3898 . It means struggle in Arabic.

[@Itachi-rl9xg]

@Tony BANDS ?

[@weatherkop]

My name is karo-kari nice to meet you. If you were wondering my name translates to honor killing.

[@maccomplex]

Sydney, Australia has a politician named Jihad Dib. Didn't stop him from being voted into state parliament!

[@maccomplex]

@Shahid Hussain He didn't have to be "Jay"...

[@maccomplex]

@Shahid Hussain Look harder mate 11:40

[@yourbrother2417]

Jihad is Arabic word mean using all your power to say or do something. there is nothing wrong about the name. people used e=mc2 to make nuclear bombs how about that.

[@krixxset2214]

@D Goshay Australia is significantly more White than the USA.. USA was made up of many different European ethnic groups from all over Europe, Australia was made up of the British almost exclusively. So i have no idea what you're trying to say about it being smoother for "jihad" to get elected because the contrast between him and the rest of the population is even more pronounced yet he was elected.. White countries are the most tolerant open nations on earth.. The flood of outsiders into them now have resulted in the racism of others being imposed upon us and used to extract special treatment... In many cases there is irrational hatred towards European people because of our accomplishments and the insecurity that strokes within people of other backgrounds.. All manor of accusations and slander laden with enormous bias, double standard, omission of fact and selective exaggerations about history are used to justify this hate fuelled hostility and the fact we are WILLING to consider the opinions of others is used against us and seen as weakness rather than appreciated .. Soon patience will run out and tolerance will turn to self defence.. Then everyone will remember what happens when we have been pushed too far.

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

@@jennas9033 if they had brain cells they wouldn't have given up their guns

[@abdulhadawi6443]

Respect, thank you for speaking loud and clear and how proud you are of our culture!

[@HassanHassan-el4ky]

I can’t understand, why this man is not a famous stand up comedian, he is fabulous, He should be same level as Ressul peter and Traver Noah

[@Nursestudent1]

Jesus ate here hahahaha beautiful

[@Kinghassz]

GIT DAH FUQ OUTTA HERE ! He was from the levant, look at the people of the levant, they look like this comedian and not like white western europeans for the most part

[@AkshayKumar-tm7lb]

@GIT DAH FUQ OUTTA HERE ! if Jesus was white, that is all the Bible would ever talk about.. it would literally be a miracle..

[@farishope6540]

@GIT DAH FUQ OUTTA HERE ! This is your sick wish but genealogy says YOU ARE LAIR

[@ibrasoso8668]

@Abomi Nable jesus is semetic like arabs

[@Mouqawem]

@@AkshayKumar-tm7lb if jesus was white no miracles would occur he'd always be in the shade scared to be sunburned

[@jeana2820]

This perfectly captures how I feel. Yeah, my skin might be white, but until you treat me and my Arab family just as you treat the European side of my family, you cannot lump us into the same category

[@arturoangel3834]

We can tho

[@arturoangel3834]

@Jefferson Marques yeah go ahead idc

[@DOTH3ROAR]

Jefferson Marques what?? I don't support mass immigration full stop. Regardless of who's doing it, thousands upon thousands of people have died in wars protecting their countries from people intruding their land and now we are just letting people waltz right in?!? How does that make sense??

[@sarahda845]

@Azzury Street but they all get treated as tho they are

[@sarahda845]

@Derek Lowe .........this comment really makes no sense..... There are non white countries that are perfectly fine..... Go study. And even the ones that are messed up now, it is not because its people are not white. Your statement is empty. Maybe look at the West's relentless interference in the east, look at Iraq for example when Europe was excreting in the street, they were the height of scientific discovery. Just one example

[@megoyamle7]

Does white means better or what? as a north african arab African box check.

[@mahirop5743]

Bruh I thought calling myself Afro-Arabian was my own thing. Guess I'm not alone lol

[@thequestioner9634]

Stanley Childs 😂 Wth. Who doesn’t have melanin? And nobody is beneath anybody. We are all part of the human race. Smh.

[@ThoseWhoHeedTheCall]

what!! Al Stay proud ✊

[@SuperVendetta9]

@@thequestioner9634 the laws that are still on the books state otherwise.

[@calkid1989]

Ask Ra/Sol/Apollo about that

[@sarahkilimanjaro1409]

Brilliant 🤩 Mashaa’Allah “We are not white” lol

[@valuecalc]

Sarah Kilimanjaro , who would think it?

[@JohnDavid-vh3rn]

allah does not exist

[@kyrah1790]

John David not all arabs are muslim call down, arabs that are christian or atheist say mashallah too just like me, i say it but i’m christian

[@Noorinvests]

@@JohnDavid-vh3rn There is no God but Allah

[@bryanbradley6871]

Profit Muhammad was white

[@riadarabieter5418]

Hilarious but with a serious message.

[@jermanospetalos3823]

I notice a lot of whites are saying to abolish race or consensus boxes. As the world becomes less white, now all of a sudden race doesn’t matter! You see the my are moving the goal posts to suit themselves again.

[@drdread9896]

@Jo Jo 😂😂😂

[@electronicsjapan6293]

“You’re older than your uncle” lol so true

[@danielsempere9507]

this seems more like stand up comedy than a ted x talk

[@saliker4491]

I think the box shouldn’t exist. It’s just a way of dividing people!

[@alialahmad4329]

it's just to know the ethnic diversity in ur country

[@SecretEyeSpot]

@@alialahmad4329 its actually for Equal Employment Opportunity... but clearly i dont know if it works..

[@tayirnull1567]

Next time someone inquires about your race when filling out a form for employment or whatever you should write, "There is only one human race."

[@dickidsrip5262]

Us is built on race so its not gonna change because you want it 2.

[@TheKayleeanna]

In the US the boxes are needed due to systemic racism. Sadly, in America, the lighter your skin the more privileges you receive. Since this is the majority of the population, the US has laws to protect persons that are in the minority. Some of those laws mandate diversity and inclusion in different organizations of people. Therefore, it is important to have the "Arabic American" box so that Arab Americans in the US can be represented adequately in the USA.

[@morningmidnight9398]

The reason is that a long time ago by law only a person considered legally white was allowed certain privileges like openening a shop or specific investments so an Arab went to court and argued for him to be registered as white and he won the case and gained full rights as a result of that and since then Arabs are conveniently considered white in this weird dynamic that the USA has. After him a Japanese man tried to argue the same case that japanese are white but failed to do so.

[@marcfavero4632]

and now they do not want to be white ???

[@morningmidnight9398]

@@marcfavero4632 No it isn't they do or don't. One person got a ruling and as a result everybody was labeled as such. The term white is very ambiguous and very weird as an umbrella phrase so what if someone was from an Arab country but is of Indian or Nigerian decent is he then white? I think all this sensus thing needs to be evaluated but hyphenation has become an American traight, that and the excessive use of flags.

[@LA-qt3tr]

Because the Arab group who fought it that time were very white blonde so they give them the white box not to the Japanese one. There are some Arabic countries are seriously white and blonde!

[@Androvich91]

@@LA-qt3tr such as?

[@bellatrix3811]

@@Androvich91 yemen pure yemeni are white yiu can see them in my channel they are been killed by saudi arabia these days old pure arab are coscasian

[@goodmediaishere55]

@TEDx Talks Islaam and As Salaamu Alaikum. When people fail to realize that "white" is a legal status and not a skin complexion. Salaam and Thanks!

[@paktiger79a62]

Ppl need to learn from MOORS like you.

[@causeeffect7624]

I wish folks would speak to this. what is white? are you Palestinian if born in America? Native American or American?

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

@@causeeffect7624 I was born in America but I'm definitely Palestinian. Where you were born doesn't change your DNA

[@causeeffect7624]

@@NikoBellaKhouf your DNA reads Palestinian? It is a 'race' or ppl of a place? Tell me more. I'm of African decent no matter where my bodies are?

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

@@causeeffect7624 yes it does. It's an ethnicity and people of a place

[@rebeccavalen7960]

Lmfaooo I started dying when I saw the school logo “go arabs,” Jesus omg lolll how did a school even think that was okay in the first place.

[@prodigalsun1069]

My first time seeing him. As much as he is funny, he is right. He was really entertaining. Thanks for posting this.

[@valuecalc]

And as he said, "Arabs aren't white."

[@abdulrahmanabuarqoub4163]

Me in America: my name is Abdulrahman People: what?!? Me: Abdulrahman People: Abaramen? Me: Good enough.

[@TV-bu8qv]

It’s hard I know, I am abdelrahman too

[@sidimightbe]

Theres Abdulrahmans as a traditional name in Serbia lol

[@jeronwhite3113]

HE LOOKS LIKE THE THE CHARACTER WHO PLAYS IN DESPICABLE ME

[@Androvich91]

bruh

[@ObamaSexGaming2007]

Now that you mention it... He does look like Gru

[@dadadoooo1412]

@@alhumdulilah4ever not Disney :/ it's universal

[@thehalalreviewer]

He technically doesn’t “play” in it, because he is a cartoon character not an actor.

[@tonynasaofficial]

@@alhumdulilah4ever you mean Jewish?

[@fdshands2663]

Yeah, I worked with a guy in Riyadh called Jihad. He was Lebanese. Wonderful guy. Truly wonderful.

[@lucius5787]

The concept of human race has no scientific backup. We should use ethnicity.

[@tayirnull1567]

Americans use skin color to define race, and Europeans emphasis on ethnicity more than one's skin color. That's the difference.

[@rai2423]

@@tayirnull1567 But skin colour can vary within ethnicities. Skin colour caries even among families where everyone is of the same ethnic background soooo how does that makes sense?

[@deniserutkowski9028]

Scientifically there is only one race. The human race.

[@MJ-hg1mk]

@@deniserutkowski9028 Bingo!

[@ogasontop]

then call all bears by the same name, not grizzly or panda.

[@alithejumbo]

Viva Palestina with its capital al-Kuds (Juralism) ❤️

[@ogasontop]

you know it didnt belong to them in the past

[@abokareem7586]

Palestine forever✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌

[@alithejumbo]

@@ogasontop On yah? And American didn't belong to any American in the past. So probably they should go back to Europe, eh?

[@alithejumbo]

@drc ula F**k off

[@parisan9985]

*Jerusalem

[@jakqatif]

"when they see this scarf, they think something is about to go down" heheheheheheh, soo true

[@MOpO87]

I wear mine to work as a scarf when cold. I don’t care. It’s a beautiful scarf!

[@msrasras]

Great message, thank you.

[@thequestioner9634]

I’m a Yemeni and I have a light medium skin tone. I once filled out an application at a doctors office and I checked ‘Other’. The receptionist takes the form from me, looks at me, and checks White. I told her “I’m not White, I’m Arab”. She laughed and said “Same thing. Arabs are the seen as White.” I don’t have a problem with white people but that seriously annoyed me.

[@TheGreatOne93]

@@AthenaMinerva1 Fact. They're worried about their declining numbers so they're trying to claim different cultures to boost their numbers. Even though theyve been discriminating against them for decades now

[@moldexpro]

@Deutschland Über Alles Arabs are NOT white. Some may look White but there is nothing about their culture that is WHITE. White refers to European culture which is something that Arabs completely lack.

[@ibrasoso8668]

@Deutschland Über Alles we are semetic we have are own skin Light skin just like greeks south italy we are not white like germans or north europe

[@ibrasoso8668]

@Deutschland Über Alles real arab or semetic skin are light skin not far white and not far brown like Jesus Christ

[@ibrasoso8668]

@Deutschland Über Alles blacks are not real arabs bro

[@suavetemper1683]

My brother dropped some jewels 💯

[@Traewing]

The ancient name Palestine and Syria is the land of Canaan in the bible.

[@MrJoeylj]

You did your homework. Love it

[@dorbitan2935]

After Cnaan - Israel, and Judea... A Roman emperor changed it to Palestine (after the greekl philistins) to revenge the Jews that fought him in the Jewish-Roman wars

[@SubscribersWithoutVideos-id2vu]

You forgot Lebanon honey

[@Traewing]

1000 Subscribers Without Videos nobody forgot Lebanon. I didn't draw the line. It's apart of Syria. At the end of the day it's all Israel now.

[@Traewing]

Resistance 313 And Lebenon one of the oldest cities....

[@wadisanaa]

Love it . He killed it . Funny and educational

[@Amrknegypt]

Im Egyptian n my DNA shows 90 percent African.

[@jimoneprism]

Egypt is in Africa tho

[@bebemochi]

Jesus saw that, it’s not inconceivable that medy has African DNA but as most people consider Egyptians to be Arabs it’s just an interesting example of how humans don’t fit in little boxes.

[@GORO911]

you probably are Nubian, not real Egyptian then

[@albreiki5725]

Medy هالفحص كله كذب بكذب....لاتصدقهم

[@GORO911]

@@albreiki5725 الفحص سليم أفريقى لا تعنى أسود المصريون جيناتهم هى مزيج من العرق الشمال أفريقى (كالبربر و الأمازيغ) مع هجرات قادمة من الشام و الأناضول منذ ما يقرب من 10,000 عام أو أقدم

[@nadelina4154]

I m moroccan i check african. Because we are proudly african.

[@dangercat9188]

Ayyee you guys have some good food lol.

[@daveabdallah8680]

The funniest Arab comedian lol

[@fatinajaber591]

I watched him before, he’s really good never boring.

[@SKhan-fk7cn]

He is an American.

[@valuecalc]

@@SKhan-fk7cn, with Arab roots.

[@unkouwnfigure2746]

Not true that arabs can’t have English names, i am a Lebanese christian and my name is johnny my friend’s name is michael and most of my friends have english or french names.

[@Lolee56]

unkouwn figure Lebanese Muslim and half my family has French rooted names 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Lolee56]

Resistance 313 we were concurred by the French in Lebanon and Syria. Also u could name ur kid any name it doesn’t matter... we have many Arabic names as well... and English names since were Lebanese AMERICAN. I’m not married to an Arab either... the world is becoming globalized and America is a Melting pot. I have kids with Arabic and English-French names. Don’t talk without knowing anything ur embarrassing urself

[@unkouwnfigure2746]

@Resistance 313 Well it's not really "English" names but rather French, the names George Jessica etc etc are all names of saints for you should respect those names, that are not limited by a certain area.

[@Lolee56]

Resistance 313 whatever makes u sleep at night.

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

You should have Levantine names

[@mgonzo3881]

I don’t know, I’ve been to Jordan and they are pale white. I mean blonde hair and blue eyes, even gingers. Iraqis are also “white”, as well as Syrians.

[@aminseif9822]

small pencentage

[@novalovely6848]

This guy is great

[@tlazur]

rolls eyes as he is told, "white people don't be scared"

[@hitkill2]

I'm from from where this guy is from , and I like everything he complains about and I don't want them to change , GO ARABS !!! LOL . But the problem with being classified as white is that we aren't practically treated as whites , it's just a paradox. that's all . Have great one all

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

Palestinians aren't Arabs

[@hitkill2]

@@NikoBellaKhouf what are they?

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

@@hitkill2 we're mixed. Originally we're Canaanite and Philistine. We mixed with other cultures over time. So my personal mix is Canaanite, Philistine, Sardinian, Armenian, and Turkish.

[@hitkill2]

@@NikoBellaKhoufso we are not arabs?

[@oliveraparicio8464]

@@hitkill2 Your not White(European) people. Arabs aren't WASP people! Its usually the Arabs that desperately want to part of WASP because of the enormous generational wealth they have accumulated since 1778 and present time. WASP people have absolute control over the HARD power(Military, Security contractors, Military hardware and ammunition manufacturing)of the USA.

[@selin1286]

As a Turk i can relate to all of the things he said

[@selin1286]

@Mr K I have been living in Turkey for 21 years and I still can't tell. Western Turks tend to be European with white skin, light colour eyes and European culture (like myself) Eastern Turks have more Middle Eastern and Central Asian look and culture.

[@tylerpatti9038]

@Mr K Actually "real" Turks are northeast Asian looking similar to the Mongols Central Asian Turk are a mix of Turk and Scythian.

[@DontNeedToKnow84]

Selin Ortaboy Your people are occupying land that does not belong to them. And you look mixed race. But you’re still pretty.

[@selin1286]

@Mr K you should never say to a turk that we are not "real turks" not every turk is as tolerant as i am.

[@selin1286]

@Mr K hahaha of course not :D but no need to make anybody mad right? Well, we are Oghuz Turks not Kypchak Turks. And we are as mixed as anybody else. I'm sure you have some Indian and Afghan blood...

[@volkansmt9574]

This race stuff is very confusing in America

[@donkeyshow8543]

Bunch of lazy indoor cats clawing their eyes out over breeding and pedigree. They have nothing better to do with their lives.

[@robertcherry7190]

@@donkeyshow8543 - novel assessment.

[@kodidrive3033]

The United States is of America not itself America. The whole continent of the New World is America.

[@rodayodryve7998]

Time to get rid of it. It is really just a scratch off since so many Americans are of mixed decent. Grow up everyone.

[@alondathomas293]

It is, but is just normal here, lol. Having grown up in Michigan, it's cool to see and hear places I know being referenced here. Also nice to see the Masonic Temple, too.

[@Dani_sister4peace]

How is America still so obsessed with race!? It drives me crazy. I can understand putting in tribes or where you were born. There are some questions that help and some that make no sense

[@hananalrifai]

So proud of you 👏🏻❤️❤️

[@davidbak6984]

We may not be white, but some of us pass as white. I have Armenian-Iranian roots and I have blue eyes and I look white, so I would never classify myself as a „Person of Colour“

[@worthlessdollar1]

Your race is Caucasoid. You are the same race as white Europeans.

[@cato9105]

You are a White person, Persians and Armenians are white.

[@khmatjshmid1591]

@@worthlessdollar1 caucasoid is unscientific and the three race theory has been debated heavily due to the lack of real science. Middle easterners are not the same race as white Europeans. There genome is different

[@mithridatesi9981]

Persians and Armenians are genetically identical. You are a caucasoid

[@gerryadams9868]

@@khmatjshmid1591no Middle Eastern and Europeans share the most common dna ancestry and it’s not hard to see giving the close distance, unless you want to align yourself with Pakistan and india but go ahead saarr

[@wasanmahmood5906]

This is a great routine man . God bless you

[@theon_ean_donly]

He shouldn't have to address this issue this way but it is awesome that he can...laughter, joy, and love are colorless

[@chun1310]

Yeh be proud of your race and culture ..

[@valuecalc]

Ali Abbas Agha , why? It wasn't earned.

[@kemigbeleko9460]

Love from Nigeria Africa

[@gracem4516]

Thank you for that Amer, you were great. It was very informative. I get that question too... where you from from😂 I am Canadian, living in UAE, and I am from from East Africa😁

[@gracem4516]

On fcbk I am from Detroit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ryanwais]

There's no 7 kind of racists. There's one race, is the human being.

[@gibshorts5659]

I am British and Egyptian, but i don’t see the fuss, maybe it’s just me but, i don’t really care about race or ethnicity or whatever, i see a lot of people, mixed race or like me who are white, but chose to embrace the ethnic side of their family and i see why, they feel ashamed, what i’m tryna say is that you should be proud of both, if that’s your case. I have experienced islamophobia once or twice, i’m only twelve so i’m probably gonna get more islamophobia as my life progresses, it’s bad.

[@rebeccalopez2997]

I'm not scared of you.

[@rebeccalopez2997]

@truth will set you free You conflate nationality with race.

[@viiplayer1]

bruh this man is hilarious. 100% agree with everything he said.

[@abdobanjabi5410]

Man this guy put a smile on my face the entire video

[@user73227]

It’s funny how many ppl still think they are Arabs just because they speak Arabic

[@infuriousgamer1505]

Arabs from the levant are not real Arabs they were taken over by Military conquest

[@infuriousgamer1505]

idkhowtowipemyass litterly they can pass for Albanian or Italians or Greek

[@Olga-gd4dx]

Arab countries are real Arabs. Period.

[@aminseif9822]

@@infuriousgamer1505 alot of them are arab

[@muhammedibrahim9452]

Wow. Standup comedians can now perform on Ted Talks.

[@nasradinali]

Phew I loved the ending so much!! If ur name is jihad, get Jay lol

[@KENDRASCHARLES]

In America, race is strictly political.

[@sarahda845]

This guy is hilarious, love him

[@NoFlyZone01]

Sad part is, I can imagine some White Evangelicals pointing spots in the U.S. and saying, “Jesus ate here.” 🤦‍♂️

[@poopoopants7904]

LMAOOO

[@NawalH.]

يعطيك العافية 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ramimusavtucjust]

Love it!

[@nabilaaliskandarani6609]

Love him...Hilarious and amazing ❤❤❤

[@tyrahairston3250]

This was awesome! My husband family is Arab, however they identify as white. It has taken me a couple of years to convince him he is NOT white.

[@KitKat-rd7nt]

What business is that of yours what race people identify with? Mind your own god damned business

[@valuecalc]

@@KitKat-rd7nt , get serious. Claiming something without convincing anyone is ridiculous. That chick's husband isn't white. Why the denial?

[@valuecalc]

@lyes kara , his true self...

[@mohamedkabha6861]

@@valuecalc arabs come in all shades it is a cultural identity not a genetic one

[@valuecalc]

@@mohamedkabha6861 , within reason... If Nicole Kidman suddenly claimed to be Arab, then I'd laugh.

[@issakhadra6154]

thank you that was fun ! OH THIS IS ANOTHER PROUD PALESTANIAN AMERICAN

[@donkeyshow8543]

Yeah cuz we don't have enough jewish comedians in the USA.

[@matankniaz-diamond5493]

@@donkeyshow8543 lol this comment would be funny if it made sense

[@angelicam5601]

Amazing!!! Yessss!!! Well said

[@fatinajaber591]

Amazing.

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

Jaber 👀

[@IronMan-uf6gj]

Iran,iraq,syria,kurds,morocco,algeria all should have a box for Arab title

[@mohammadyousef5181]

Iran are not arab

[@أبومطلقآلمردوف]

This guy is so funny I 😆😆😆😆😆 from my heart

[@ThomCoe]

Italians: this guy looks like me. He’s not white? Greeks: this guy looks like me. He’s not white? Everyone else from the Mediterranean: looks like me... he’s not white?

[@joejacobmathews5983]

Arabs are Caucasian and hence classified as White, Europeans also come in all shades of White (Darker in Spain & Lighter in Iceland). So don't deny being Caucasian just because you don't feel European, Arab is more of Ethnicity & Nationality 🔥

[@firasharb1454]

You’re not even Arab why even leave a irrelevant comment 😂

[@michaelo.1699]

Your akhadouha mafrousheh is a piece of art. Genious. I loved it.

[@abdullahchhab2325]

Let's just stop putting people in boxes.

[@valuecalc]

Simply impossible.

[@AGTJAZZ]

I learned something good today thanks Amer

[@nantzstein3311]

*ARAB NOT BY SKIN OR BY BLOOD BUT ARAB BY CHOICE AND TONGUE* 👑 And genetically speaking, *AFRO ASIATIC* , just like the language 👑

[@azulamazigh2789]

nice.

[@nantzstein3311]

@chocobonita Rachel is that a she or he ? XD

[@unkouwnfigure2746]

Not by choice, rather by chance

[@nantzstein3311]

@@unkouwnfigure2746 chance too. Of course.

[@GORO911]

@chocobonita Most "Arab" people chose to identify as Arabs, they aren't really Arabs only real Arabs are those of Saudi Arabia and other few other countries

[@1970mansor]

This guy came to my school

[@waistingdowntimeii3722]

HOLD THE EFFIN PHONE...THEY DID THIS TEDx AT A MASONIC TEMPLE ?!?!?!?!?!?! **CLICKS OFF**

[@yourbrother2417]

ok that is interesting

[@Rororoum]

We are also not Arab…

[@BudiYunior]

if your name is JIHAD..... be J..🤣

[@terrygrendon4856]

Im only half Arab and half white but can I say this guy is RIGHT! I'm not even full Arab but I get treated like I am. My features (Eyes, hair, eyebrows, etc.) are darker like my Arab side, but my skin is lighter like by White side Edit: let me just clarify; I know there are light Arabs and darker Arabs and Arabs in between. What I was saying was that most media visualizes Arabs as darker skin toned, hooked nose, and etc. I’m calling out the stereotypes of Arabs and how they do not relate to how I look. I did not mean to say all other Arabs look that stereotypical way. I apologize if I offended or gave off the wrong message.

[@MeowMeow-jj3lk]

Same here!! I may be paler than most white people but I still look and am treated like an Arab, skin colour shouldn't be the only qualifier

[@thunderbird4709]

Most "white" european people have olive skin and dark hair. Blond hair, red hair, and blue eyes come from inbreeding.

[@MeowMeow-jj3lk]

@@thunderbird4709 cap, in some cases yes but they're [blue eyes, blonde hair etc.] mostly just mutations that are selected for due to cold enviroments. Spaniards and Italians tend to have olive skin and dark eyes (ironically they were considered non-white a hundred years back) but it's not like the entire Swedish, Finnish, Lithuanian, Latvian etc. population are inbreds (or else there would be a lot more problems w their phenotype other than harmless eye colour and hair colour!!)

[@MOpO87]

All Arabs aren’t dark skinned, or have dark features. Some of us are born blonde and have fair skin. Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians.

[@MeowMeow-jj3lk]

@@MOpO87 arab is a bit of an umbrella term, Lebanese people for example are Levantine rather than arab arab

[@samuraialfredo]

I've feel that us Mexicans can relate to a point. We have guys called Miguel saying call me Mike. Come on now...

[@franklopez2702]

samuraialfredo spanish is a whitr mans Language so mike and Miguel are both white names bro

[@Lolee56]

Hispanics have a wide Verity of different looks and cultures but like Arabs have a wide variety of looks and cultures.

[@xfmk9296]

Frank Lopez Yh Miguel still a european name but it isn’t the Anglo way of saying it, so it ain’t ‘white enough’ :/

[@franklopez2702]

x fmk spanish is white bro. These Arabs are just in denial they want victim status. Arabs are CAUCASIONS even MOHAMED was a white man

[@neo_9568]

mexicans have the biggest self hate within their people. mexicans hate mexican americans for instance & visa versa.

[@DisDutch]

' well Jesus ate here". LOLOL

[@anthonyjackson5698]

Middle East is Africa so figured that out

[@AlgerianooDz]

@@zakali5320 People need to stop associating the word "Caucasian" with "white". Skin colour doesn't determine your race. East Africans are distinct from West Africans in that they are basically Middle Eastern people with slightly darker skin, which is why they are considered Caucasian (a lot of East Africans have 80%+ Middle Eastern ancestry). West and South Asians are also Caucasian.

[@zakali5320]

@@AlgerianooDzMajority of East Africans do not have middle eastern ancestry but they're some but it's like 1%-5% and that's from mixing during the Silk trade.

[@AlgerianooDz]

@@zakali5320 It might be a small percentage for most, but almost all East Africans have Arabian ancestry. Modern East Africans are literally the descendants of indigenous East Africans and the West Asians that migrated from Southern Arabia around 2000 years ago. This also explains why East African languages are so similar to Arabic (they're in the same language family).

[@f.a.kam1714]

Really Last time I checked the map Middle East was in west Asia, and Middle East isn't all Arab it includes Turkey and Iran., also Middle East isn't the same as Arab world, some Arab country in north Africa but they are not in the Middle East.

[@wallsttech6881]

Arab peninsula. = Asia Minor...

[@rebeccavalen7960]

Lmaooo I love this dude already. He is so entertaining

[@Itachi-rl9xg]

As much as I'm against labeling people. Arab is not a race technically speaking. They are Semitic-Caucasian to be accurate.

[@elijahbeach3834]

Just let him complain 😂

[@thequestioner9634]

Are you serious? Arab is not a race? 🤦🏻‍♀️ God help us. People these days need to read.

[@shipwrech909]

Caucasian???!!

[@Soliabdalah]

@@thequestioner9634 Yes Arab is a language, not a race. According to the science; there're 5 major races of the human being. Arab isn't one of them. Arabic people are so different to each other, Mixed up by different races. But the Caucasian (White) still the dominated race of the most parts.

[@worthlessdollar1]

@@Soliabdalah Correct.

[@Dannyalonso10]

YOU DO NOT NEED A BOX! YOU ARE HUMANS, NOT LEGO PIECES

[@hopea998]

My name is Amal, and it will always be♥️ I never understood people who have Americanized names

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

I have a name so difficult to pronounce than the majority of Arabic speakers can't even pronounce it right. And I hate how it sounds when they try to pronounce it. Plus my nickname has the same meaning as my given name.

[@TheGreatOne93]

The bargaining and auction joke was funny lol

[@campt.v.1517]

I almost cried at the end well done

[@yasmeen2837]

yesss i’m arab american and proud :)

[@yasmeen2837]

@Diana Prince ahaha what is ur ethnicity?

[@yasmeen2837]

@Diana Prince oh cool!

[@yasmeen2837]

@Diana Prince aw why

[@yasmeen2837]

@Diana Prince oh haha

[@yasmeen2837]

@Diana Prince i thought caucasians were not totally white and that’s why they are called cauc-asians

[@Canecorsoi5]

I am from Kashmir and I don't have a box either lol 😂

[@natanyat4901]

Indian

[@anthonyacetta1551]

Pakistani

[@poopoopants7904]

💀

[@Angel-he2yj]

White/Caucasian

[@JesusISKingNoMatterWhat]

Very intelligent man, loved this Ted talk👌

[@tarekibnziad253]

I am arab and i relate to this video 😂😂😂😂

[@kimthames2531]

Arabs come in different colors. But virtually they are the caucasian race. Caucasian does not mean snow white. I just looked at Arab ten minutes ago, very white.

[@tssss1197]

U looked at an arab umm okay lol we are darker then Indians were right next to africa and islam slaved the entire middle east but we mix 2 lady just bc u saw one arab😂😂😂😂

[@tssss1197]

@ItalianBoy they dont the ones that are mixed do sir

[@tssss1197]

@ItalianBoy yeah bc they want the citizenship

[@leesteal4458]

The same thing happened to the Indians in the 70s. They were put under White.