[exDemMom]

Middle easterners and north Africans are caucasian. Having a particular religion does not make one of a different race.

I guess the whole strategy of declaring people of different races just because they have a different religious or ethnic background is part of the liberal’s overall plan to divide people into smaller and smaller groups (and pit them against each other).

[DIRTYSECRET]

How about 2-a day Shavers?

[PROCON]

And as the article stated, to give them affirmative action benefits and to also insure they face no discrimination when seeking jobs, housing, etc.

IOW, "special" privilege.

[Verginius Rufus]

The true Caucasians--Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and others living in or near the Caucasus Mountains--are Middle Easterners.

Maybe they can declare "Muslim" a racial category. In Yugoslavia "Muslim" was considered an ethnic group (primarily referring to the Bosnian Muslims and the other Slavic-speaking Muslims, since there was a separate category for the Albanians).

If Middle Eastern becomes a race, how much Middle Eastern ancestry does one need to qualify for racial preferences? Would the one drop rule apply?

According to FamilyTreeDNA, I have 7% Middle Eastern ancestry. This probably dates back to the Neolithic period--immigrants from the Middle East are thought to have brought agriculture to Europe. But that DNA test may be a good investment if I can start benefiting from the government's racial preferences game.

[Katya]

exactly, and ethnicity and race are not the same thing, apparently only forensic scientists know this...

[ully2]

This idea is the dumbest thing I ever heard.. Islman is a political system, are they also, saying Republican is a race?