A friend of KABOBfest sent in this exchange from Day 1 of an Arabic class in Washington D.C.
I've known many Arabic teachers, especially since 9/11, who grapple over the question of their students' intent. They handle it in different ways, but usually they do not say anything direct. They may drop little political clues here and there.
This is the most direct -- and implicitly anti-Semitic -- I've ever heard of.
Wanna hear something funny? Tonight was the first night of my Arabic course and my Egyptian teacher starts off with this (read with heavy accent)...
"I am hear to teach you Arabic. Some of you come to learn because you plan to go kill Iraqi babies. Some of you prefer not, maybe you stay here and kill Arab-American instead. You laugh now, but time will tell why you choose to learn."
I was the only Arab in the room - needless to say, he made all the Navy, Army, and Jewish kids very uncomfortable. Afterwards, he asked us to introduce ourselves and say why we want to learn Arabic. When he gets to me, we have the following exchange...
Teacher: You have very Arabic Name. I gather you are Arab?
KF Friend: Yes, I'm Palestinian.
Teacher: But you are born from here, no?
KF Friend: Yes, but my parents were born and raised in the West Bank.
Teacher: That is not what it is called. It is called OCCUPIED WEST BANK! Never forget. It is occupied, right?
KF Friend: Yes, very much so.
Teacher: Then that is what we shall call it from now on (as he stares directly into the eyes of a giggling Jewish student).
Fun times... he later claimed that "God of Alphabet" is more powerful than the almighty Allah, and that he - and only he - is his messenger. By the end of the class he was translating every word he taught us in Arabic into Hebrew... just to prove that Arabic sounds more nuanced.
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19 comments:
I think I know that dude. Lol.
this isn't just anti-Semitism, it's classic anti-Semitism
Programmed Crackhead, you are a classic racist crackhead.
Arabic is more nuanced? Umm.. Okay.. you can have that one I guess??
Sounds like a helluva school!
Was the teacher this guy?
hahaha kicks ass for sure :)
Roy, that link was awesome -- thanks for reminding me how much America hates Arabs.
I wonder how funny you would find a comedian whose routine featured "Schlomo the Dead Jew", a baby-sized skeleton puppet wearing a yermulke.
Asshole.
thanks for reminding me how much America hates Arabs
It wasn't about Arabs. Nice chip you got on your shoulder, there.
I wonder how funny you would find a comedian whose routine featured "Schlomo the Dead Jew"
See if you can spot the subtle difference between the words "terrorist" and "Arab". It's ironic that I'm not the one equating them, here, you are.
Yes, it's so terrible to make fun of terrorists. Because that's exactly the same as making fun of Arabs.
Well played, saladin.
But the jokes - ha! their names sound like they're clearing their throat! ha! - are all racist against Arabs. The puppet
sings a song that goes "U.S. soldiers shot me dead.
The only thing that I have left
is this towel up on my head."
But right, it's about terrorists, not A-rabs. Riiight. So, to be clear, if there were a comedian whose routine featured "Schlomo the Dead ZIONIST", a baby-sized skeleton puppet wearing a yermulke -- you would find that funnny.
The thing is, Jeff Dunham's not even funny. His 'terrorist' accent sounds more like Cheech Marin than an Arab. South Park is offensive but can make you crack up. This guy's just a grade-B tool. Carrot top will be buying him a drink at the wack-ass washed-up prop comic's bar by next year.
This teacher is an inspiration to us all. He is a modern day Jaime Escalante.
Oh, and Roy can get the gasface.
Years ago I took Arabic in the Univerisity, but even fourth year Arabic didnt have enough grammar.
I took advanced grammar at a local Saudi institute here in the DC area that is now closed.
They had students from everywhere and of all religions. The classes were only $80 and you could get Arabic classes in intense grammer that were not offered anywhere in the USA.
We had government workers there openly attending, Jews, Buddhists, you name it. It just sounds like this one teacher was a nutter.
But the jokes - ha! their names sound like they're clearing their throat! ha! - are all racist against Arabs.
Not to any thinking person. But you've exemplified how if one really, really tries, one can see racism wherever one wants. Super chip on your shoulder.
The fricative consonants are not a matter of race, but of language, and they're present in German, Dutch, and numerous others. And those languages get lampooned for it, too.
So, to be clear, if there were a comedian whose routine featured "Schlomo the Dead ZIONIST", a baby-sized skeleton puppet wearing a yermulke -- you would find that funnny.
I have no doubt that you would. Since Zionists are not characterized by suicide bombings and a general culture of death, I wouldn't find it very ironic. What did the Zionist die of? New Zionist practicing suicide bomb? Or Palestinian rockets?
It probably doesn't matter. Any dead Zionist is hilarious, isn't it?
Roy,
I see you have been smoking the crack rock with Programmed Crackhead...a shame.
...)It's not cool to utter the word "nigar" unless you're black. It's also not cool to joke about an Arab bieng a terrorist unless you're an Arab.)...
See, I don't like where this is going. Go get a life, Roy...
"...one can see racism wherever one wants."
Roy,you might wanna see some racisim, in the mirror...
"...Since Zionists are not characterized by suicide bombings."
Not suicide, Since they love life-thier own life anyway.
"It probably doesn't matter. Any dead Zionist is hilarious, isn't it?"
Any thing posted by you is funny...
allahuakbar.....Alhumdulilah for standing up for youselves and all the other muslims silenced by the ZIONISTS
Saladin is absolutely correct in his discription of this no-talent hack. His puppet wears a turban, has a beard and is named Ahmed, obviously the terrorist is a german nazi right? I mean how could anyone mistake that?
Simply put the act, while funny with his other characters reeks of racism. He panders to the crowd, consisting of Red State americans and plays on their hatred of the mystical A-rab.
His act would not be tolerated if the character was of any other race or any other religion. Baruch Goldstein gets more respect than the average law abiding arab, what does that say about the society you so strongly support roy?
Repeating the words "i kill you" in his attempt at an arab accent does not provide humor. It insults an entire civilization of people.
Arabs across the United States and Europe are being called terrorists as if it were a new racial slur.
And lastly, Roy, people like you would be campaigning for another bombing of the Middle East if an Arab comedian tried anything like this with a jewish puppet or "white christian" puppet.
His puppet wears a turban, has a beard and is named Ahmed, obviously the terrorist is a german nazi right?
Acknowledging that terrorists are typically Arab is not asserting that Arabs are typically terrorists.
His act would not be tolerated if the character was of any other race or any other religion.
You're entirely full of shit. He doesn't mock race or religion. He mocks an accent — and many accents get mocked, even Yiddish ones! He mocks the intelligence of terrorists, which for some mysterious reason offends you.
Roy, people like you would be...
Your whole diatribe hangs on speculation about what how things would be. Convenient that such things can't be proven. Sad that you have nothing in reality to support your case.
Dude, I swear someone told me this same story. I wonder if it is the same teacher. Weird.
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