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They’re not. Arabs, Iranians etc. show up as Asian in the US though you’re free to pick whatever you want.

I suppose this is meant to be changed. I can't say I paid attention to what the 2020 census actually said, but on this matter Wikipedia says:

> White American, European American, or Middle Eastern American: those having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Following consultations with Middle East and North Africa (MENA) organizations, the Census Bureau announced in 2014 that it would establish a new MENA ethnic category for populations from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab world.[18] However, this did not occur on the 2020 Census.

Ah yes the "Asian" monicker, the most generic and "racist" (in its own way) ethnical description in the English language

You're adding South Asians, SE Asians, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Mongols, etc all under the same umbrella

Seems to me that describing people based on their continent of origin, rather than their apparent 'race', is distinctly not racist. Though there is something to be said for the arbitrary nature in which Eurasia is split into 'two continents'.

Afro Eurasia is one single landmass.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Eurasia

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