what do you put as your race if you are middle eastern?

Middle easters could also classify as arab. I hope that made more your day, because technically middle eastern are Arab and Arab is also a classified catogary (:

but isn’t arabic a language

Arabic is a language, yes. But it’s also a group of people. The majority of Middle Eastern are known as Semitic people, it’s basically the language which most of the Middle Eastern languages derived from

I’m Palestinian American too!! Honestly, I think the categorization of Arabs being white is rooted in white supremacy, mostly in order to claim Jesus as white. I say label yourself however you want, especially because most Arabs are not white passing and do not receive the privilege that comes along as being white or being perceived as white. I am very much white passing (Palestinian on my mother’s side, Irish/English on my father’s side) so I struggle with how I label myself too.

I don’t think so, btw Caucasian is Native American so I don’t think we fit into that category either (: I just think we are arab basically. White isn’t an option for us lmao

how is caucasian native american?

Native American is American Indian on the census, also referred to indigenous in the USA. Caucasian, in the sense that it is described in America by, say, lawyers or cops, just means an anglo white person. But they also use the term "Hispanic" to describe a person's race which is not a race at all, it just describes someone that comes from a culture that speaks Spanish. Caucasian literally describes an ethnic origin in Caucus mountains, which includes people from India.

But on the census, people from India are asked to select "Asian," which makes sense. It also groups Iran into the Middle East, and asks Iranians, Egyptians or any North African or Middle Eastern person to select "white." I find that to be rather limiting, as most Americans probably wouldn't consider an Egyptian or Moroccan white depending on appearance.

or asian

I am moroccan too and i don't wear hijab bc you're not obliged to wear it, the majority of young people don't. You can literally wear and do whatever you want, the only thing you can't do is eat in ramadan because everyone is fasting, you might go to jail for it, and also don't drink wine publicly. You can only drink in bars or at home. Concerning the religion I would say follow your dad's religion because it's the fastest growing religion, also so many scientists converted to islam

Because they spent their whole life studying and at the end they knew that the one and only real and true religion is islam. You can make some researches about go watch videos of people who converted to islam and u will get the answer

You could just write Asian, it works too

I meant North African descent. Apologies!

Well, you're comparing "white people" to various ethnic groups. you can be white, and also be apart of multiple ethnic groups. and you dont have to have "white features" to be white. look at Spaniards and Italians. they have dark skin and in sum cases, have coily hair. they are still white though. But Caucasian people are people from either Europe, the Middle East, or north Africa.

THIS.

i am half middle eastern (Lebanese and syrian) and i was wondering if you know what i would be considered. would i be considered half asian (mixed) or would i just be considered full white. this is something i’ve been struggling with and i don’t know the answer to it neither does my mom who is the 100% arab parent but skin color looks 100% white just like me even though we have some arab characteristics like the nose and the dark hair

USCensus and colleges lump whites and SWANA together. It does make some sense as Caucasian refers to northen Iran and the areas around it while Asian typically refers to either Central Asia (kazazhastan area) or east Asia (China area)

@sophie0121 for the purposes of admissions and census you are white with the subcategory of middle eastern.

bro the whole middle east is in asia tho LMAO

No a larger portion is in Africa...I would never claim to be Asian and I’m personally from Palestine

My family is from palestine too. We’re still considered a minority and seriously after 9-11 and the hatred shown to Arabs and Muslims, I don’t claim white Bc they don’t claim us. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not about hatred or anger, just a simple annoyance. Easy test to see if you’re “white” ask any of your white friends what color those terrorist were and I promise they ain’t gonna say a bunch of white ppl did that.

OMG I'm so confused about myself. My paternal great-grandfather was Syrian, and everyone else in my family was white/European. I do have some physical traits that were passed down from my great-grandfather, but I don't have tan skin (unfortunately). What do I put as my race and what do I put as my ethnicity? I did a blood test that said I am Caucasoid and Oriental. Here is the link to the breakdown of the those terms: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ipd/imgt/hla/help/ethnic_help.html. Please help!