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Middle Eastern Americans push census change
Middle Eastern Americans push census change
Activists have been lobbying the U.S. Census Bureau to grant minority status to Americans with roots in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The campaign began in 1980s, picking up steam in the last decade in response to government policies in the “war on terrorism.” The bureau has considered Americans of Middle Eastern and North African descent white since the 1920s and has repeatedly rejected appeals for minority status.
http://aljazeera.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=38ffd892c93e55497901185c8&id=ecbd2677d3&e=a4f8e71df5
Read more: ‘Correct the problematic undercount of our community’
http://aljazeera.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=38ffd892c93e55497901185c8&id=8690b62909&e=a4f8e71df5
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