[Ads-l] proposed new racial category

[James A. Landau]

from http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/.premium-1.680867

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Mizrahi Is the New Black for American Jews 
The U.S. government is considering adding ‘Middle Eastern’ to racial categories in documents, but Jews from there are hesitant to be identified as ‘non-white.’ 
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note: "Mizrahi" means Jews from east of the Mediterranean



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