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by hkarthik 1825 days 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-no...
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artichokes 1825 days ago
The US Census categories are incorrect.
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prepend 1825 days ago
What race categories are correct? Race is arbitrarily defined so any categorization is going to have flaws.

At least Census is consistent.

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hkarthik 1825 days ago
10 bucks says you could meet some of these folks on the street and you'd think they were European.
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babyshake 1825 days ago
There is definitely a spectrum between Mediterranean and Middle Eastern.
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