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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-census-middle-east-no...

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The US Census categories are incorrect.

What race categories are correct? Race is arbitrarily defined so any categorization is going to have flaws.

At least Census is consistent.

10 bucks says you could meet some of these folks on the street and you'd think they were European.

There is definitely a spectrum between Mediterranean and Middle Eastern.

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The US Census categories are incorrect.

What race categories are correct? Race is arbitrarily defined so any categorization is going to have flaws.

At least Census is consistent.

10 bucks says you could meet some of these folks on the street and you'd think they were European.

There is definitely a spectrum between Mediterranean and Middle Eastern.

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