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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People from the Caucasus area in the Middle East are mostly white (it's where they get the word "Caucasian" from), but Arabic Middle Eastern people are generally not viewed as being white. The form is confusing as written, and really shouldn't be needed at all. I had called myself white/Caucasian for most of my life until I found out from a DNA test that I was actually multi-racial. The fact that you can choose to call yourself what you feel further muddles the information and makes the question unnecessary and pretty much useless.
@DragonFruit people from the Caucasus are not viewed as white at all. Georgians get called black by Russians and Armenians were attacked by people after 9/11 for "looking Arab".
@basilfawlty89 Armenians aren't Arab, though...and not being treated as white doesn't mean that they are ethnically not white. Northern Italians often treated Southern Italians as non-white, but a large percentage of them are ethnically white (though often darker in complexion than their Northern counterparts). It only accentuates the fact that race is more of a concept than a technical difference.
@DragonFruit Armenians aren't Arabs, no, but in terms of phenotype they look similar to Iranians and Arabs. Genetically as well, Armenians are closest to Iranians. Even linguistically, Armenian and Persian is similar, though different branches of Indo-European.
It should be either citizen or non citizen. 
