Posted on 01/31/2015 6:43:18 PM PST by Altura Ct.
The federal government is considering allowing those of Middle Eastern and North African descent to identify as such on the next 10-year census, which could give Arab-Americans and other affected groups greater political clout and access to public funding, among other things.
The U.S. Census Bureau will test the new Middle East-North Africa (MENA) classification for possible inclusion on the 2020 census if it gets enough positive feedback about the proposed change by Sunday, when the public comment period ends.
Arab-Americans, who make up the majority of those who would be covered by the MENA classification, have previously been classified by default as white on the census, which helps determine congressional district boundaries and how billions of dollars in federal funding are allocated, among other things.
Those pushing for the MENA classification say it would more fully and accurately count them, thus increasing their visibility and influence among policymakers.
The Census Bureau plans to test it later this year by holding focus group discussions with people who would be affected by the proposed change. Congress would still have to sign off on the proposal before the change could be added to the 2020 census.
"We know the challenges," says Hassan Jaber, who runs a Detroit-area social services group and serves on a census advisory board formed to evaluate Americans' changing racial and ethnic identities. "It really does take rethinking ... who we are as a population and what our needs are, (but) there are specific needs for Arab-Americans that are not being recognized and not being met."
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Wake up white man...
Also would give law enforcement and criminal intelligence units a heads up of the number of potential sleeper cells out there.
Blobama strikes again.
Won’t do any good. The real solution will not be implemented. Ban Islam in civilized countries, deport all Muslims, no mosques, and institute a “pet the pig” requirement to board a plane. As long as Muslims are here, they are a threat.
There should be no hyphenated Americans. There are only Americans with red blood. The blood that Americans have shed to free themselves from hereditary tyrants but to also give that same freedom to others. To divide us in any fashion is to put us back on the path to tyranny.
or, “no habla ingles”
Jews are “middle eastern”, right?
Amen.
no more white privilege for certain ones; these social engineers come up with some interesting stuff.
One of my best friend’s father and his uncles emigrated from Lebanon in the 1930s. They came to Alabama founded a store, then a cotton mill, became deacons in the local Baptist church, presidents of the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary, married local girls. This was at the height of Jim Crow, and no one ever considered them anything but white.
But my friend’s daughter, who is just one-quarter Lebanese, insists she isn’t white but Middle Eastern.
I just threw up in my mouth.
As for my household, we will continue to report only the number of citizens living therein.
This is nothing but a democrat voter drive.
Sleeper cells aren’t going to be interested in reporting. Neither will illegals flowing over the borders. The census, like every other aspect of the govt, a steaming pile of PC feces.
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