Are Middle Easterners considered to be 'white'?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are white and caucasian the same?

Are people from the Middle East, like Iran, Iraq, Syria, etc considered to be 'white' by the general world population?

Persians/Iranians are.

[Anonymous]

I find it all quite weird. I have colleagues from the Middle East who definitely describe themselves as people of color. Many have and do experience discrimination on the basis of their ethnic/cultural/religious identity. And yet for the purposes of our diversity statistics (which our organization tracks closely) they are considered white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it all quite weird. I have colleagues from the Middle East who definitely describe themselves as people of color. Many have and do experience discrimination on the basis of their ethnic/cultural/religious identity. And yet for the purposes of our diversity statistics (which our organization tracks closely) they are considered white.

Checking the white box does not immunize a person against discrimination on ethnic, cultural, or religious grounds.

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The US Census does not.offer a caucasian category. They use white.

[Anonymous]

Arabs are considered white by the government. That said, I see the middle east as very similar, racially, to Latin America, in that they are all races. I spent 2 years in the middle east and saw blonde/blue arabs, black arabs, and stereotypical swarthy arabs. I don't think they are a single race.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought they were considered to be Asian.

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Why would you think that? They don't look Asian at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to the US census, yes. Obviously, American racial categories can't always be neatly applied to the rest of the world. Socially speaking, there are plenty of Middle Easterners (blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin, etc) who would be read as conventionally white and many others who wouldn't.

I have had many Middle Eastern students who look very white (especially the ones from Afghanistan). No, they don't have blonde or red hair or freckles, but their skin is pretty light.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought they were considered to be Asian.

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Why would you think that? They don't look Asian at all.

Because Asia is a continent and their countries are in Asia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Except in certain parts of the country. There are places in the U.S. where Italians are not considered white.

Hello 1935.

This is so stupid. There is no place in the U.S. where Italians are not considered white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it all quite weird. I have colleagues from the Middle East who definitely describe themselves as people of color. Many have and do experience discrimination on the basis of their ethnic/cultural/religious identity. And yet for the purposes of our diversity statistics (which our organization tracks closely) they are considered white.

They definitely could have faced discrimination based on their culture, but they are still white. Think about how many people living in Appalachia until recently, faced discrimination based on their accents and cultural differences. They were still white.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought they were considered to be Asian.

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Why would you think that? They don't look Asian at all.

Because Asia is a continent and their countries are in Asia.

But they don't have Asian features.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are white and caucasian the same?

Are people from the Middle East, like Iran, Iraq, Syria, etc considered to be 'white' by the general world population?

No, those are not white countries.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought they were considered to be Asian.

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Why would you think that? They don't look Asian at all.

Because Asia is a continent and their countries are in Asia.

But they don't have Asian features.

Eh? Many Persians and people from Afghanistan look like people from Pakistan and northern India due to shared ancestors. The latter are not considered white.

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Ask them People are what they say they are.