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They’re not. Arabs, Iranians etc. show up as Asian in the US though you’re free to pick whatever you want.
by badconvincer 6y ago
They’re not. Arabs, Iranians etc. show up as Asian in the US though you’re free to pick whatever you want.
- bigbubba 6y agoI suppose this is meant to be changed. I can't say I paid attention to what the 2020 census actually said, but on this matter Wikipedia says: > White American, European American, or Middle Eastern American: those having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Following consultations with Middle East and North Africa (MENA) organizations, the Census Bureau announced in 2014 that it would establish a new MENA ethnic category for populations from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab world.[18] However, this did not occur on the 2020 Census.
- raverbashing 6y agoAh yes the "Asian" monicker, the most generic and "racist" (in its own way) ethnical description in the English language You're adding South Asians, SE Asians, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Mongols, etc all under the same umbrella
- bigbubba 6y agoSeems to me that describing people based on their continent of origin, rather than their apparent 'race', is distinctly not racist. Though there is something to be said for the arbitrary nature in which Eurasia is split into 'two continents'.
- CMCDragonkai 6y agoAfro Eurasia is one single landmass. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Eurasia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Eurasia