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Just so you know, Middle Eastern folks from Lebanon and Egypt fall under the race of "White" in the US census. Source: https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-ce
by hkarthik 5y ago
Just so you know, Middle Eastern folks from Lebanon and Egypt fall under the race of "White" in the US census. Source: https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-census-middle-east-north-africa-race/ https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-census-middle-east-no...
- artichokes 5y agoThe US Census categories are incorrect.
- hkarthik 5y ago10 bucks says you could meet some of these folks on the street and you'd think they were European.
- babyshake 5y agoThere is definitely a spectrum between Mediterranean and Middle Eastern.
- prepend 5y agoWhat race categories are correct? Race is arbitrarily defined so any categorization is going to have flaws. At least Census is consistent.