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2023-02-02 21:51:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 47ED9E3CBF63C2CD081E8C2BECE73BC421F33E19343F211D46AECF9B2DE956A3
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This headline is misleading: The Census Bureau currently counts people of Middle Eastern and North African descent as White. The Biden administration submitted a preliminary proposal to recognize Middle Eastern and North African populations in the census for the first time. https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151608403/mena-race-categories-us-census-middle-eastern-latino-hispanic
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