The U.S. Census Sees Middle Eastern and North African People As White. Many Don't.

Copyright

2022

Published Date

02/17/2022

Published By

National Public Radio

This story discusses how the federal government's data counts people with Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) roots as white. It also discusses how this racial identity has not matched the discrimination in housing, at work, and through other parts of daily life that MENA people experience.