Why have we let ourselves be lulled into this false sense of acceptance? It is as if they are just giving out cultural awareness months and we act as if we won the lottery. When in truth, we will never compare to Black History Month, which in itself is a model failure of its original purpose.

Not even having the most Hispanic of names could conceal the fact that I was Arab, and of course I was proud of it. There aren’t too many Hispano-Arabs that I, or anyone for that matter, came across on a daily basis so I always flaunted my dual heritage openly.