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Middle Eastern and North African Americans may not be perceived, nor perceive themselves, to be White

The US government’s classification of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Americans as White means there is no direct way to numerically count members of this group in official statistics. Therefore, any potential disparities and inequalities faced by MENA Americans remain hidden. Nevertheless, we find that MENA Americans may not be perceived, nor perceive themselves, to be White. These findings underscore the minoritized status of MENA Americans and support the inclusion of a new MENA identity category in the US Census. This would allow researchers to examine the social, economic, and health status of this growing population and empower community advocates to ameliorate existing inequalities.

A replication package containing all data and code used in this analysis is available through the Harvard Dataverse (<https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/BTFTQE>). ....

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Arab Americans, deemed 'white' in government records, suffer an unseen COVID-19 crisis


Arab Americans, deemed white in government records, suffer an unseen COVID-19 crisis
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
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Funeral director Goulade Farrah is haunted by his clients, whose bereavement over loved ones lost to COVID-19 plays over and over in his head.
The hospital told us he was fine, and the next thing we know he’s on a ventilator.
They said go home and let us know when her oxygen level is this number, but when we went back it was too late.
We are devastated, we could not even be with him when he died.
Roughly 90% of the deaths Farrah handles at Olive Tree, the mortuary he oversees in Stanton, California, about 26 miles south of Los Angeles, are COVID-19-related. Many are Arab Americans. ....

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Arab Americans, deemed 'white' in government records, are suffering an unseen COVID-19 crisis


Arab Americans, deemed white in government records, suffer an unseen COVID-19 crisis
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
Replay Video
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Funeral director Goulade Farrah is haunted by his clients, whose bereavement over loved ones lost to COVID-19 plays over and over in his head.
The hospital told us he was fine, and the next thing we know he’s on a ventilator.
They said go home and let us know when her oxygen level is this number, but when we went back it was too late.
We are devastated, we could not even be with him when he died.
Roughly 90% of the deaths Farrah handles at Olive Tree, the mortuary he oversees in Stanton, California, about 26 miles south of Los Angeles, are COVID-19-related. Many are Arab Americans. ....

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