My American friend sent me this. To be honest I find it kinda weird how in America you have to choose your race when it comes to almost everything Including Job applications. I mean that shouldn’t Matter in my opinion 😅It should be either citizen or non citizen. But Anyways, what I find weirder is why are Arabs and middle eastern people are classified as “white” ? (genuinely asking)
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Arabs and other Middle Easterners are legally white, but socially not treated as white.
It's a long complicated history. I mean technically of you're Mexican, you should tick Native American as that's the majority of our DNA, but many are told to tick white cause we're mixed.
