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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP should be careful about Asian stats published by MCPS. 40% Asian could mean 2% Indian American or 10% Indian american. Don't reach much into it.

We are in Farmland Elementary and we have large number of Indian American kids attending the school. Parents are mostly NIH scientists. Here when you see Asian , it's consist mostly of Indian American and Arabs. Situation could be totally different in a different school.

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off topic.. but, do Arabs consider themselves Asians?  [/quote]

Asian has different meaning for different folks to be honest. Most people don't mean South Asia( Indian subcontinent) when they say Asian here, but MCPS has American Indian as Asian. It's part of Asia so it's not wrong, but I immigrated from China and learned that Asian term is not used for American Indian here. Asian term is mostly used for China, Korea, Vietnam etc...

Some one else can have  different take on this, most people don't think of Arabs when you say Asian. I am simply saying how Asian term is used in USA. [/quote]
PP her who asked the question.. yes, I am fully aware of how Americans view Asians.. I'm Korean American ;)

But, I am wondering how Arabs view themselves.

Sorry to hijack your thread OP.[/quote]

Not the PP, but I have some Arab friends. They don't view themselves as Asian. They see themselves as Arab.[/quote]

My work involves looking at ethnic/race breakdown of data. The definitions we use are consistent with OMB standards: https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html. Arabs are categorized as white.[/quote]

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