As an aside, do you know why #Arabs are “ #White” for US census purposes, and not a designation like Hispanic?
Because of a court case : Dow v. United States (1915). George Dow, a Syrian Christian immigrant, was initially denied citizenship because the court did not consider Syrians “white persons” under the Naturalization Act of 1790.
On appeal, the Fourth Circuit ruled that Syrians—along with other "Western Asiatics" were part of the #Caucasian race and thus eligible for citizenship. This decision hinged on anthropological arguments that went thusly:
Where was Jesus born?
Nazareth.
More broadly, where was Jesus born?
The Middle East / Western Asia
Is Jesus white, your honor?
We are white because snowflakes couldn’t handle a brown messiah.
