What is the ethnicity of an ARAB?

[proletariat2]

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“American Indian or Alaska Native. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.”[5]
“Asian. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, the Philippine Islands, India, Malaysia, Japan, Cambodia, China, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.”[6]
“Black or African American. A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as ‘Haitian’ or ‘Negro’ can be used in addition to ‘Black’ or ‘African American.’”[7]
“Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.”[8]
“White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.”[9]
“Some other race.”[10] To increase comparability, the 2010 US Census is planning on removing this category.[11]

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<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-4.pdf[/url]”>http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-4.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[proletariat2]

<p>Essentially, you’re white by the standards of the U. S. Census Bureau.</p>

[beirut08]

<p>yeah, just as shoebox said, Lebanese is a nationality. <em>sigh</em></p>

[Alexandre]

<p>I am 100% Lebanese…NOT Arab. There is no such thing as Arab. It is one of the most offensive words to me. Are Americans or Australians considered English? Are Equadorians or Argentinians considered Spanish? Arabic is a language. Obviously, there is more in common between say Egypt and Sudan than there is between Egypt and England, just as there is more in common between the England and the US than there is between England and Egypt. However, the word Arab is very vague.</p>

<p>As far as the US is concerned, Middle Easterners and Near Easterns are considered Caucasian, not Asian or African.</p>

[FutureLawyer]

<p>The Super Moderator has spoken</p>

[tokenadult]

<p>That was a long gap between messages in this thread. Yes, the United States ethnic and racial categories put people who live in the Levant (Near East) or the western central Asia (the Middle East) in the “white” category. Answering an ethnic or racial identification form is always OPTIONAL. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/441477-fastest-growing-ethnic-category-great-colleges-race-unknown.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/441477-fastest-growing-ethnic-category-great-colleges-race-unknown.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;