[The Loan Arranger]

If Helen Thomas is Lebanese(and therefore an Arab) how is that a slur? If someone calls me a Caucasian or European, they are not "slurring" me, they are describing me.

[Betis70]

Beats me. Maybe they don't like the word Arab anymore, and prefer to be called "Person of Middle Eastern descent possibly related to Ishmael and Abraham".

Reminds me of a quote from the "13th Warrior".

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: My name is Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn Hamad.

Herger: Eben?

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: No, listen, My name is Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan. "Ibn" means "son of".

Herger: Eben.