US government censuses for the definition of who is "Black" or "Asian".....

[CopiousX]

According to the US censuses, Arab Egyptians and Lebanese people are considered "White"...I had no idea.

So are sudanese and algerians

 

[CopiousX]

This Is WHAT WHITE AMERICA does and has always done to pad their population numbers for years how can foreigners not see this when they immigrate and "assimilate" this is what white society does. It's basically an unwritten rule that anyone passing can be classified as white.

The irony is it doesn't help. They will run out of people to draft eventually. The only people actively giving birth on earth are dark brown and black. Even Arabs have embarrassing birth rates, so they can't even serve as the JV league of whiteness .

 

[The Burger King]

Oh shyt, I thought cajun was synonymous with creole.

 

[audemarzz]

Edit: it's probably because of all the people from multiple races who speak Spanish and live Latin culture. All the Caucasian Argentinians for example ain't checking their race as "White".

I have a feeling if they created a separate category for "Middle East" you're going to get a lot of Eastern Europeans check that off instead of "White" as well.

Why are Hispanics identifying as white? | CNN

Eric Liu says a study found a significant number of Hispanics are now identifying as white on the Census, which speaks volumes about Americans' views on race and the 'social ideal'

www.cnn.com

Most hispanics do this. Younger ones play games on the census due to UNIDOS's creation of the Hispanic/Latino concept.
Latin? Of ROMAN-ITALIAN/SPANISH/PORTUGUESE/FRENCH
ANCESTRY
Those places are in Europe. Latin culture IS European culture. Do you know how many Latin loanwords English has?

 

[audemarzz]

Oh shyt, I thought cajun was synonymous with creole.

You're joking, right?

 

[audemarzz]

Arabs were White until they got kicked out of Whiteness after The Yalta Conference.

They're still white

 

[get these nets]

Because when arabs started immigrating here they saw how black people were treated, and said fukk that and campaigned to be considered white in the US

This sounds like Hotep-ery.

What leverage did MENA people have to lobby the U.S. govt. to categorize them as white when they began migration patterns here?

 

[CopiousX]

This sounds like Hotep-ery.

What leverage did MENA people have to lobby the U.S. govt. to categorize them as white when they began migration patterns here?

This.


I vaguely recall Arab leaders addressing Congress last year to be identified separately on the census as their own entitiy. From what little I remember , I think they were worried that they wouldn't get minority money if they were classified as white. Also I think the Arabs wanted scientific/health studies that were more relevant to their needs/genetics than of Europeans

 

[Will Ross]

This Is WHAT WHITE AMERICA does and has always done to pad their population numbers for years how can foreigners not see this when they immigrate and "assimilate" this is what white society does. It's basically an unwritten rule that anyone passing can be classified as white.

no people come to this country and don’t want to be seen as black so they fight to be called white on census.

 

[IIVI]

This Is WHAT WHITE AMERICA does and has always done to pad their population numbers for years how can foreigners not see this when they immigrate and "assimilate" this is what white society does. It's basically an unwritten rule that anyone passing can be classified as white.

Conveniently when it's time to play another card, we done seen them cats start checkboxing that they're Latin, Asian (Eastern Europe/Eurasian), Middle Eastern and even African.

They constantly try to play both sides and manipulate context.

That's what it's really about, playing cards trying to get the most overlap and gain some kind of leverage.

Remember when people were saying Elon Musk was African American?

 

[ORDER_66]

no people come to this country and don’t want to be seen as black so they fight to be called white on census.

I know... And that's the point I was clearly making... just pointing out that when they come here they act like they don't understand which is bullshyt. Because they do they just being ignorant

 

[Anno Domini]

This sounds like Hotep-ery.

What leverage did MENA people have to lobby the U.S. govt. to categorize them as white when they began migration patterns here?

Literally takes 2 seconds too google this.

"They argued they were white in court because the only immigrants that could naturalize to become U.S. citizens had to be found white by law," she says.

The U.S. census sees Middle Eastern and North African people as white. Many don't

People with Middle Eastern or North African roots must be counted as white in the federal government's data. But a study finds many do not see themselves as white, and neither do many white people.

www.npr.org

 

[get these nets]

.-NA-

 

[Tair]

Race doesn't exist.

"Race" = Bullshyt, According to Science

AAPA Statement on Race & Racism Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation. It was never accurate in the past, and it remains inaccurate when referencing contemporary human populations. Humans are not divided biologically into distinct continental types or...

www.thecoli.com

 

[Buddy]