sallyjacson:

Rlly hating the desi vs Arab for Aladdin discourse on my dash like firstly 110% every actor in Aladdin should be Arab and a desi person should not be cast at all for Aladdin (and desi actors in media who c/o double standards really are being huge ass hypocrites and stealing roles).

But god y'all literally ignoring the fact that Hollywood uses desi (Muslim and non Muslim) actors for terrorism roles like lmfao it’s not exclusive to arabs like I s2g all these arguments are literally ignoring the fucking millions of of Muslim desi people (who exist and are just as Muslim btw who knew) that are vilified in Hollywood and Bollywood films. Like every argument I’m seeing is using Arab and Muslim synonymously and in every instance Muslim desis are just discriminated in the listed roles/media. Like god the discourse reeks of such Arab nationalism.