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White on Paper, Invisible by Design
White on Paper, Invisible by Design
About This Episode: In this solo episode, Habuba breaks down how bureaucratic erasure becomes physical violence against Palestinians and Arabs in America. From census forms to FBI databases, hospital records to immigration files, she reveals the deliberate system designed to make us vanish—not by accident, but by architecture.
In This Episode: Habuba takes you through:
- Why that "White" checkbox on forms is about more than paperwork—it's about who lives and who dies
- The century-long legal manipulation of Arab "whiteness," shifting whenever it served American interests
- How the FBI deliberately erased anti-Arab hate crimes from official records for 23 years while violence skyrocketed
- Why Palestinian Americans like Shireen Abu Akleh and Wadea al-Fayoume receive no justice, even in death
- The direct connection between campus surveillance from the 1970s to today's repression of Palestinian students
- How being classified as "white" leads Arab women to die in childbirth and communities to miss critical health resources
- The brutal truth about conditional solidarity and which communities benefit from Palestinian erasure
- What actual implementation of the MENA category must look like beyond symbolic recognition
Take Action:
- Check if your local agencies have implemented the 2024 OMB MENA classification change
- Ask your city's police department if they code and track anti-Arab hate crimes
- Support organizations like ACCESS, Arab American Institute, and ADC who are fighting for accurate data
- Demand your representatives advocate for investigations into Palestinian American deaths abroad
Resources:
- Office of Management and Budget 2024 MENA Classification Standards
- Arab American Institute Foundation Report: Underreported, Under Threat
- ACCESS Health Justice Program
- Palestine Legal's Resources for Students and Faculty
Subscribe to the Humanize Gaza Newsletter.
See more martyr stories, here.
"They didn't make us white to make us safe. They made us white to make us quiet." – Habuba"
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By PalestineExists!White on Paper, Invisible by Design
About This Episode: In this solo episode, Habuba breaks down how bureaucratic erasure becomes physical violence against Palestinians and Arabs in America. From census forms to FBI databases, hospital records to immigration files, she reveals the deliberate system designed to make us vanish—not by accident, but by architecture.
In This Episode: Habuba takes you through:
- Why that "White" checkbox on forms is about more than paperwork—it's about who lives and who dies
- The century-long legal manipulation of Arab "whiteness," shifting whenever it served American interests
- How the FBI deliberately erased anti-Arab hate crimes from official records for 23 years while violence skyrocketed
- Why Palestinian Americans like Shireen Abu Akleh and Wadea al-Fayoume receive no justice, even in death
- The direct connection between campus surveillance from the 1970s to today's repression of Palestinian students
- How being classified as "white" leads Arab women to die in childbirth and communities to miss critical health resources
- The brutal truth about conditional solidarity and which communities benefit from Palestinian erasure
- What actual implementation of the MENA category must look like beyond symbolic recognition
Take Action:
- Check if your local agencies have implemented the 2024 OMB MENA classification change
- Ask your city's police department if they code and track anti-Arab hate crimes
- Support organizations like ACCESS, Arab American Institute, and ADC who are fighting for accurate data
- Demand your representatives advocate for investigations into Palestinian American deaths abroad
Resources:
- Office of Management and Budget 2024 MENA Classification Standards
- Arab American Institute Foundation Report: Underreported, Under Threat
- ACCESS Health Justice Program
- Palestine Legal's Resources for Students and Faculty
Subscribe to the Humanize Gaza Newsletter.
See more martyr stories, here.
"They didn't make us white to make us safe. They made us white to make us quiet." – Habuba"