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CMV: Middle Easterners Are Not White

Inspired by a recent AskReddit post (I would link, but I'm on mobile). 

In the United States, Arabs, Turks, and Persians are legally white. In the US Census, we must check the "white" box. 

I don't believe we are white. First of all, we are not treated as white. There are more assumptions made based on the way we look than any other group within "white". Second, our culture is not similar to European culture. Middle Eastern culture is vastly different in all aspects: food, music, religiosity, acceptable public behavior, etc. Third, we don't look "white" -- we range from very dark to brown (most commonly) to olive. 

In the current system, we are considered white without having any of the benefits of being white. We aren't treated "white" by police, we aren't treated "white" by the community at large, and we certainly aren't treated "white" by employers.  In order to be on a level playing field with whites, we must be better groomed, must present ourselves better, must be very mindful of our language & body language, and must (by and large) try harder. We are not eligible for minority scholarships because we are not a valid minority. Some may argue that this is due to wealth, but in reality, most of us are escaping extreme poverty in the Middle East (and are overshadowed by the influx of rich Saudi students attending US universities on government scholarship). 

Reddit, make me believe that we should be classified as white.
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Not too long ago, Italians, Greeks, Jews, Spaniards, hell even Russians and the Irish were not considered "white." 

The definition has been ever expanding as more people and cultures assimilate and are accepted into mainstream American society. 

It also highlights the fact that "races" are completely made up and are useless from a scientific standpoint. And we should get rid of them anyway!