There has been a trend among Middle Easterners in the United States, such as ethnic Persians from Iran and such, who want to get in on the diversity gravy train and who want to be considered a minority, but not lumped into "Asians" which would mean they would get the shaft like Whites and other Asians when it comes to things like college applications. They are lobbying the feds for new categories. Heck, "Hispanic" wasn't even a category until the 1970s.
When at one time it was advantageous to pretend to be white, they'd pretend to be white.
There has been a trend among Middle Easterners in the United States, such as ethnic Persians from Iran and such, who want to get in on the diversity gravy train and who want to be considered a minority, but not lumped into "Asians" which would mean they would get the shaft like Whites and other Asians when it comes to things like college applications. They are lobbying the feds for new categories. Heck, "Hispanic" wasn't even a category until the 1970s.
When at one time it was advantageous to pretend to be white, they'd pretend to be white.
Elizabeth Warren proved how advantageous it was to NOT be white and be a fake indian instead.