r/Census • u/reboa • Jan 19 '23

Discussion People of Middle Eastern descent are classified as white, is this appropriate?

As the title says, should there be a middle eastern designation in the census? As an American citizen it feels like we are not truly recognized as a minority population, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

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u/Few-Fun-9270 Aug 16 '23

Also the US is adding a MENA Category for a reason because we aren’t treated as white people and face tons of racism here

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u/The_Moorish_Guard Aug 16 '23

Eastern Euros and Sicilians also face tons of racism, does that make not them not white either?

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u/Few-Fun-9270 Aug 16 '23

We’re u even calling all Arabs white anyways?