Proposal to add 'Middle Eastern or North African' Census category gains ground

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1 年前
It's a seemingly odd, but complex question in the Arabic community: Do you consider yourself white? In spite of how they look or how they personally identify, in the government's eyes, Arab Americans are white, and activists want to change that Shams Al-Badry is one of the leaders to get a Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) category on government documents, specifically the U.S. Census.