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As a non-white Jew (there are 20-30% of us!) I know I'd be annoyed to be considered white. I'd like to hope we've finally moved beyond this one.

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Are you non-white according to the classification system commonly used by the US government and universities though? In the US, everyone who lives in Mexico and almost everyone who lives in Iraq is white.

No idea. Why should I care what the US government thinks white equates to. Having zero "white", "caucasian", or similar ancestry other than Jewish and from Arab lands for hundreds of years makes me very non-white.

But if you want to judge it by looks, I look like an Arab. Like hundreds of thousands of other Jews.

The US concept of "caucasian" Streisanded the caucasus region for me, so among other things I've learned about the Niggun Shamil.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23914667

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ :-)

PS. do you have any opinion on סרוגים‎ (the show)?

Wow it's been years since I saw that... I loved the first season, then it dropped off the map. If you like סרוגים‎ try שבאבניקים

That's fine. I'm sorry if I've offended you. I meant that for the purpose of these discussions about US university racial demographics, Arabs are white.

No worries, I wasn't offended! I just think it's insane that a group of people other than my own can even think to tell me what my ethnicity is. As an example, it would be utter hubris were I to say the same to Black Americans, so I'm not sure why it's randomly okay to do this to other groups.

As a sephard who looks completely "white" I'm just annoyed by this whole classification.

I feel you. I find all race based things rather offensive - on all sides, and in all the countries I've lived in.

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