Rashida Tlaib Questions Why 2020 Census Erases Middle Eastern & North African Identity | NowThis
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- ‘Do I look white to you?’ - Rep. Rashida Tlaib challenged the erasure of Middle Eastern and North African communities on the 2020 Census.
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In US news and current events today, Rashida Tlaib called out
the 2020 census for 'erasing’ people like her.
The U.S. Census occurs every 10 years. Census data helps allocate
more than $675 billion of federal funding to states and communities each year.
Watch Rep. Tlaib's call out of the inaccurate and discriminatory census here to Steven Dillingham, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau. Rep. Rashida Tlaib questions the lack of representation of middle eastern and north African identities aka MENA.
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Love how politicians don't have the words, "Yes and No." In their vocabulary.
Exactly! I was watching this going "it's a simple yes or no question!" yes and no answers are definitive answers. You can't go back some time later and say you didn't say this or that. You absolutely said that!
That was a bureaucrat avoiding the answer and a POLITICIAN looking for the yes/no answer.
But your point is valid and taken and I agree👍
@@hayreddinbarbarossa661 I understand that it has a lot to do with saving face and yes, in layman's terms to the public, the blanket term is they're all politicians.
The public is more interested in politics than before since we're seeing with our own eyes the injustices and games they like to play.
Enough people who can speak up more we might have a chance to slow em down. The government should be for the people and even the people themselves in the government. It's bad that we have people disagreeing on things that don't directly effect their health and well being. People think being equal requires people to give up freedoms yet being equal is the idea that we have those opportunities still there for everyone without barriers. Economics is another thing. The way I see it, no matter the -isms, it all will come crumbling due to one person messing it up for all of us.
They only know one word: spin.
BUT THEN, THEY STILL LIE !!!!!
“We will be invisible for another decade” she was articulate and informed. Normally that wouldn’t be such a big deal but it really stands out against the idiots in this administration
The census should be automatic and be as common as elections
Middle Easterners are not "invisible". The fact is, ME is not a race or physical description. MEs can and do, in fact, racially come in White, Black, and Mixed/Mulatto/Mongoloid/Redbone/Yellowbone (i.e. Brown), just like everybody else. This whole argument ain't even about being "visible" vs. "invisible"! It's about certain people wanting more than equal acknowledgement! And, just to drop a knowledge bomb on y'all - "Arab" derives from the Semitic root "ereb" which means "mixed multitudes". This means mixed across the board as in ethnically, nationally, and racially mixed. In ancient times, very large numbers of both Blacks (Hamites), Mediterranean-Whites (Semites), and some Nordic-Whites (Japhethites). From the mixing of these, came the modern-day Middle Easterner. Some are predominantly White. Others are predominantly Black. While a whole lot of others still, are Mixed all the way from one end of the spectrum to the other. But, Arab/Muslim/Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian, and Asian in general are not races in and of themselves.
@@spiritofdixie2389 I'm sorry but did you just say that ASIAN is not a race??
@@spiritofdixie2389 Thanks for the lesson - you deserve at least 100 thumbs up for that!
*_"The effort to keep our citizenship divided against itself by the use of the hyphen and along the lines of national origin is certain to breed a spirit of bitterness and prejudice and dislike between great bodies of our citizens."_*
_Theodore Roosevelt, in 1916_
I really wished the MENA addition occurred. As a Jew my culture has more to do with the MENA grouping than the white grouping. The white grouping is outright offensive.
" It erases us." That's powerful
Tiger4james 2020 It’s stupid you literally be erased
Yes, there is a similar struggle for Latino people. A very mixed people. Even if they are light skinned, they often have different racial features. Many people default to the “white” box because they struggle to identify themselves. This is why it erases them.
@@capoeiristachik1 do something about it and vote...
@@capoeiristachik1 how? I know my familial history and it spans from native american to chalian to mexican.
Looking at a map its segmented into continental groups. The americas europe asia africa etc. How this makes a group disappear is beyond me.
What about all the people that falls under "other"
Im tired of checking the "other" box and specifying my middle eastern ethnicity
You’re right you’re a valid human being and deserve your own box period
The "other" box should only really be for people who are incredibly mixed imo (for example if all four grandparents are of a different ethnicity) bc they can't make a box for every combined possibility. As someone from the UK, the fact MENA is not on the census is absolutely baffling...and confusing...?? Middle Eastern and North African folk are not new to America??? Our census options are not perfect either FOR SURE but we do have Arab as a category. I know that that doesn't cover everyone, though. I just don't understand how the US rejected this proposal.
Dude, I’m tired too, but think with me: until people seem your name(and my last name), we are white, because black and white are not ethnicity’s, those are colors, pigments that don’t cara about your origin.
@@CH-jj8wk as a black woman here in the US, I'm not surprised by this one bit. This country is racist af, it always has been.
first world problems hahahahahahah i am sorry that u get so exausted
As a kid growing up in America, I thought this was the greatest country on Earth. I get older and with each day I find out that this is a 3rd world country wrapped in a Louis Vuitton scarf.
@Chris Grace it's never as simple as that...
@Chris Grace not everyone can leave.
@Chris Grace so you believe that people who don't like their country can leave ?
So you support immigrants who come to the US because their countries are unsafe?
Good job man!
But you still love it enough to be here
In movies, the empire that meddles in others domestic affairs and has the largest military by an order of magnitude is usually the evil one right? That pretty much describes America in my opinion, we have unlimited funding to “liberate” other nations with our bombs, but never enough to actually help our own citizens.
“Uh..Um...I-I... uh...” This guy has no way to defend the decisions he and his department made...
The man is walking on eggshells. The straight answer to those questions would be an admission of guilt, so to speak. There's no way to answer that without owning up to what's being done to MENA, white latinos... If the numbers look right (and for that they need to look white apparently), the department looks right. Going against the establishment takes a lot more than gut. It takes a very specific kind of resilience and a fair bit of madness and faith on the impossible. That man does not have it. That man is not about to risk his career for a matter that doesn't affect him.
@@pipitameruje that’s really sad and true. We need more people more willing to do what’s right than protect their careers
@Dudley Burleson cause that doesn't make sense. How would you know if someone came illegally or not unless you make assumptions? Oh and there are white immigrants too but no one asks them that
When he said “-we are looking into the 2030 census.” I felt distraught that we would have to wait another TEN YEARS to be represented. They had ten years to get this situated and then they waited until the LAST minute to even consider putting it into effect. Its an absolute disgrace that we have these types of people overlooking these types of changes then refusing to fix ANYTHING
welcome to america.
They only need us to be white on paper, of without the privilege.. they use are numbers for stat but generally, whites do NOT consider us white but suddenly we are white to them? Smh
😠😠😠
Who’s we? You’re a White girl.
@@MobHeataEnt im not white. 🤨
I, an Arab person, was at an aquarium with my Arab friend. Someone asked us to take a survey as we were leaving. I said yes without thinking. We were going through the survey kind of bored, picking whatever answers, but when we got to the race and ethnicity section, we actually screamed when we saw a MENA option. We were so happy to see ourselves represented on an /experience survey form./ I believe that is the only time that I’ve ever seen a form with an option for me. I want to be counted in the country I live in without having to remind people that I and my people exist.
aww that's so cute, so happy for you
What if you are of North African descent and African American?
Interesting question, I guess you can pick one option out of the two, if there are both? If it’s a paper form and not electronic I’d probably select both if I could lol. Sometimes those forms provide a mixed race option. I’m not mixed race but if I can’t find an option that fits my background I just select “prefer not to answer”
@@WordsofHarmony MENA stands for middle eastern and north african. so it represents those of north african descent as well.
@@janoyasser9519 He knows,he wanted to represent both while asking his question probably.
Wow! I didn't even realize this was an issue. How do you tell a whole group of ppl they don't exist?
Tica Char
Everybody knows they exist and nobody’s denying that. It’s not necessary to have a separate category for Northern African because African American is already an option. Northern Africa is part of Africa. Similarly, the Middle East is part of Asia. There’s a box for everyone. And the option to write in something more specific if you so choose.
@@elijahculper5522 North Africans and African Americans are NOT the same. Most North Africans are NOT black. Furthermore, Middle East people is not part of Asia because its the Middle East. No one calls it the "Middle Eastern part of Asia". This is exactly what the Congresswoman is talking about: People's willingness to ignore the needs of others. And the write-in means absolutely nothing. The director couldn't even defend it. Please don't comment on things that you don't understand.
Elijah Culper you’re really stupid
@@elijahculper5522 by that logic you could just lump Kiwis, Aussies, people from Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Tonga in a single group called "Oceanic" and then say "why do the Tongans think they're being erased, just because when you think Oceania you probably first think white Aussies"?
The issue has arisen backwards.
Back in the day you could only become a US Citizen if you were white.
So middle easterners and north africans FOUGHT to be recognized as white and they won.
But now that it's no longer a positive thing to be white they want an opt out
She should have been like “well if the write-in option is so great, why don’t you remove the “white” check-in box and have white people use the write in option”.
His response would have been: 🤐🤐🤐
Bu-bu-but Trump's base can't spell 'Caucasian'...
That's a fantastic point.
There is a larger group of white people in the united states compared to this race this women is. Thats why it has been reconized as a race. This is simple logic.
Philippines Family Update no, that is illogic.
It’s irrelevant how large a population of people are. There are barely any Muslims in the country, but that doesn’t stop right wing idiots from claiming that Sharia law is taking over America.
There are *millions* of MENA peoples in the US, and they deserve to be counted. That is simple logic.
Philippines Family Update what are you smoking? It takes no effort to add a box and a billion people worldwide fit in that category. Many of them have family in the US.
My wife and me went to a eye retina specialist for my wife and we're hispanic. When we were filling out paperwork on the race category there was NO 'hispanic/latin' selection. So i wrote out 'hispanic' and put a ✔ next to it 😊
Ok
Nice move 😊
🙌🏽
The question is why there should be a racial category on anything. There is nothing as such in Australia, Canada or the UK.
@@worththewatch1517 did you even watch the video???
This, and the fact that all Asians are lumped in together, frustrates me to no end
I'm reminded of that scene in Hank of the Hill when Hank repeatedly asks his neighbor (from Laos) if he's "Chinese or Japanese?"
All white people are also lumped together
Huh? Most white people identify as white but most Middle Eastern and North Africans don’t so they shouldn’t have to check the “white” box when they don’t identify as white
@@jackielam9423 ? That's kind of what i was saying, e.g. other or better a proper box. BTW some 'white' people identify as pink and others as tan
@@huh3721 no white person is purely white unless they're albino. Pink is a undertone in the skin. All whites have a tan color, even if its extremely pale. There isn't discrimination for "tan" whites or "pink" whites
They will never answer her question, it's not surprising though
It has never been a choice. If you have ever filled out a census sheet you would know that. But your probably young and still believe everything you hear. Growing up is rough 😢
@@ohioplayer-bl9em That's not what he said, and, to paraphrase, her question was, "How does the US Government classify my race?"
I swear it keeps getting corrupt minute by minute day by day
@Jon Hawkins really?
Fallen Colossi what do you mean really? Even if what he said is true what does that have to do with her policies or what she’s actually doing now?
imagine if a black person asked him, do I look white to you?
@qwerty L. true it's not based on nothing it's based on the 1 drop rule updated. At one point they were calling Indians and ethiopians white. If race was just taken away who would benefit who would suffer
Or if he told you, he wouldn't argue with whatever you identify with, haha
In society, White people on the norms, do NOT consider middle easterners as white but when it comes for opportunities, we become white on paper..
@Brandon Gibson YES!!! JANE ELLIOT, I love that woman and I hope her words can finally be heard now. You're right, 100%.
Woooaaahhh
Lolololol.........
2:20 Why this is important: census determines funding and underrepresented groups get left out.
But the Cencus form gives you an option to write down your ethnicity though.
@@Marvintronkys How many will just check white or other, without writing in that information ... effectively how many will that miss? The result is underrepresentation.
@@Marvintronkys Why go back on the already completed study & approval? There was a reason to go through all that and recommend adding the category "MENA".
Or let's just leave space for people to write down their race instead of providing them choices.
Okay then take out the option for white and make people write it down.
@@Marvintronkys that doesn't matter. They don't read into what's written, they literally just put it into a large category called, "other /unknown/unidentified" they don't and won't take the time to categorize all the different races because it's counted by a machine, not by people. It's a scantron.
As a Middle-Eastern woman, I have been wanting to know why I am classified as white on job applications.
I'M CALSSIFIED AS OTHER
Because there's a fear of white not being the majority. Research decades ago reported that white people would no longer be the majority in 2020...
@@diamonmagic Okay. I will. Thank you.
You guys are classified?
@@567643tome no
I love how they refuse to answer the questions it’s just a simple question
The truth is, he doesnt care. The better truth is, It doesnt matter
LLC They want her to be labeled as white to help out their own census numbers. Facts
@@thedude5040 Except how it was just explained how getting the census accurate does matter. This is something that happens every ten years, and it was previously determined that adding this category would improve the accuracy of the census, but Donald's racist administration wants more people to be white on the census, so they deny the addition of the category.
@@Richard-sy1ej lol the census isnt going to change your life. You are not going to get more money because of it. No one is looking to inflate the numbers of one race over the other. As someone who is more educated than you and everyone involved with the census its much more likely the changes were lost with transition between trump and obama. Human forgetfulness nothing more, nothing less. Running the census is quite stressful. If i were the president, id probably just let the previous person run it because of the cost to constantly training someone new and hoping they get it right. Trump can only organize people from a high level setting, small details like this is his flaw. Still in the end, if you were living paycheck to paycheck yesterday, 10 years from now you still will be unless "you" change your life for the better
Dude he is just afraid of losing his job. As of this administration, public officials have been dropping like flies. If he doesn't get in bed with trump, he gets kicked out. The American people need to revolt now, he is literally in absolute power.
Shameful, but typical nowadays
@dn va Yeah, you're extra stupid. Learn about ethnicities and the races in which they belong before you enter the discussion. We're not discussing contrast colors.
@dn va I always wonder why people are so obsessed with race when there's so many other problems that are actually problems out there.
Instead they just worry about their labels.
@etos butch I didn't create any problem. Grats on being a part of the problem by labeling though.
@etos butch I'm Native American, not white.
@dn va If someone who is North African is facing discrimination because they are north African (example, unlawful visa revocation), but find that group os underserved in terms of social and legal representation because all that money goes to groups that are not really North African, does that not become a problem to you? Accurate differrntiations matter. And accuracy of how many whites, blacks, North Africans etc matters. Talk to somebody who similarly misses the point like you
this is why we need representation in government, so they can fight for us
I agree. I support your cause
Amen
Or just move to a country where majority looks like you, problem solved
@@Biobele , agreed.
@@valuecalc America will be hispanic in few decades, and Anglos kicked back to Britain. Deus vult
Aaayyyeee, I went to school with her son Adam. She's super sweet and nice😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Wait, how did you come here azula?
@@z.6480 Maybe Princess Azula of the Fire nation was born here. Just a thought.
The conspiracies are awakening
@Complex Ez no. We are not white stop trying to erase us.
Also, had an iris graft and permanent hair dye on the way from caucus to MENA,innit? 🙄
Why do you have to write in your ethnicity how hard is it to have a box for middle eastern
Facts, I'm tired of people calling me white even tho I'm middle eastern.
apparently very
Exactly. We need to identify them so they can be sent back to where they came from 😁
How hard is it to write your ethnicity?
I have zero percent of european dna, yet I'm white for having "white" dna from 3000 years ago lmao. Jesus, even blacks in the USA and Hispanic have more european DNA than I do but I'm the white one.
He says a lot, but really nothing. I love how she's totally not having his BS, she gets to the point. I cannot wait until more Bernicrats are elected into the next Congress.
It's actually funny how they are both stupid and know nothing about race.
Even how she is sitting says a lot. That is how your parent sits when they know you're lying and have the evidence to prove it.
@@rome415 It's funny how they're so worried about race and ethnicity. some stupid label, instead of something that's actually important.
@@killer008r It's actually important though. As she said, it determines federal funding and treatment of people of her ethnicity
@@whit9172 You don't see a problem in that? The more this kind of stuff happens the more Americans segregate themselves into communities of people of the same ethnicity and race. The more ununited we're going to be. The more separated and segregated we're going to be.
It's not very United If we separate everything by race.
They should be ashamed for what they’ve done to the MENA community.
They use the MENA community too boost the white people census count so that white people can still be seen as the majority in this country. They won't do anything about it because of they do. It will be exposed that they are the minority!
@James D It stands for Middle East and North Africa. Its not 2 sounds mixed together.
But the USA is not Arab. White officials are under attack.
as a south asian i fully support the mena community
@@isaacfoster2820 AHH ILY BEBS
Did he say 2030? 2030?!
"We have to do more studies."
"WE'VE BEEN STUDIED ENOUGH!"
White men must bow in reverence or be accused of racism.
@@valuecalc Aww poor white men having to not be racist. that's so sad for racist white men
@Leslie Kramer , who is "they," anyway?
@Leslie Kramer , white men advanced the world.
@@valuecalc Because historically women and racial minorities were oppressed?
Love her strength in standing up to injustice.
Her argument is so human, she even appears to have compassion for sensing his agreement with her but lack of ability to show as such. I absolutely love how succinct and thought she is, with complete composure and the most friendly, unthreatening demeanour. All while her ethnicity is being ignored and the compound problems this creates being highlighted. A truly peaceful warrior.
The MENA region needs recognition
Especially North Africa
We aren't arabs btw genetically historically and culturally
How do police officers describe the suspect fast then?
Thank you. I love you for this. We are not Arabs!! 💕
jardeus maximus They day MENA, which is even shorter than the words Latino or Hispanic or East Asian or south Asian or African-American or Caucasian or Pacific Islander or Native American....
@@Bathna33 aren't we arabs? im tunisian
North Africans....are....AFRICANS
Drinking challenge: take a shot every time he can’t clearly and speedily answer a simple yes or no question
I think I would get poisoned if this video was a little longer...
The racist director of the census was dredged up from SC, go figure.
Why is it that Tlaib is offended for being white? Her skin color is very much NOT a dark shade, so...
@@dfmrcv862 you're projecting your whiteness, congRATs
@jon beatty Well, if it isnt brown, and it isnt green, and it isnt blue, and it isnt a dark color, what do you call it?
@@derekhieb7458 How?
@jon beatty Dude, my point is that describing her skin as white isnt an inaccurate assertion! Geez... yuo people get offended over the damndest things. What happend to white privilege?
"WHAT" AIN'T NO COUNTRY I EVER HEARD OF! DO THEY SPEAK ENGLISH IN "WHAT"?
what?
Escanor Morph18 BOOM
“SAY WHAT AGAIN...”
Do you mind if I have some of your beverage to wash this down😂
The way she articulated everything while staying calm. I would not be able to contain how livid I'd be.
She was not exactly calm...her demeanor practically screamed: ANGRY. SARCASTIC. WHATEVZZZ.
Someone civilized and diplomatic will replace her soon.
I know, she is very strong.
@@sarah18497 she has a right to be angry about this
“We’ve been studied enough” YES HALLELUJAH. Even as a black person, IT STILL APPLIES
Look up Persian history. Iran means Aryan. Why did Germany have an alliance with them.. lol.. Constant lies of history...got Arab, Asian, Indian, Jewish, ...
but we're black or white... nah. Geopolitical manipulation. Someone is mad that we mixed and made them.
They have always erased and tried to rewrite History. A 100 yrs from now they will try to say Martin Luther King JR was White
@@dominiquewyatt6704 "they" lol seeth cope it's not that I love it when minorities class themselves as non white and love their culture enjoy your self but plz stay on your side
@@dominiquewyatt6704 and yes I agree minorities should get their own class BECAUSE I'm tired of seeing mestizo Hispanics and middle easterns being put under as white so when they commit a crime they get classified as white it's really annoying because it fools people and makes fake crime stats
It's interesting how there's no middle eastern category when you're filling out an application or filling out forms. Yet when somebody reports themselves Jewish in this country even if there are from Europe they get categorized as Middle Eastern. What's that all about?
Israel.. no idea why, probably something purely stupid.
Is my Jew grandson a green-eyed Russian blond, also in the Middle Eastern category? His skin is so white that it is almost transparent. Since when and why religion has become a race.
If you exclude it then you're "antisemitic" and we won't hear the end of it..
@@Sajma969 Original un admixed Jews are Middle eastern, and look like arabs.
I love intelligent woman like she is.
She was about to cry because a race or two wasn't added. It's also pretty dumb of her to claim that because of this "mistake", it's making Middle Eastern and North African invisible. Only emotion was shown.
@@Marvintronkys that's the fact. Of course they are invisible. I am white and imagine there is everything listen except caucasian white. It has to be fair. I am raised up to respect everyone. When I growe up I realize yes that's my mind set. I respect everyone and everyone should be equal.
@@dalmacijaumomoku956 If everyone should be equal, then why is she whining about middle easterners and northern Africans being categorized as white?
@jon beatty Having 2 races being equal to white isn't equal?
@jon beatty Cool I guess.
FINALLY!!!! finally people are talking about this!!! from a fellow algerian🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿
Aww your not represented on a check box, how tragic. How do even get through the day?
@@aw5832 no affirmative action, no poc privilege. We are considered white without the white privilege.
@@aw5832 what an ignorant Response..
@@basilkhalili9312 awww you must not have a check box either....😭
@@eliza1826 what does white privilege include? There are more poor white Americans than all other races combined.
We had to fill a form for our exams last year and the majority of the class was middle eastern, and there was not an option for us and our white teacher was confused on what we should circle in our forms, so we went on google and searched what we should put and it said “white” and my teacher was like “you guys don’t look white to me just put other or something” and i seen all the options and i just felt misrepresented.
@@jennas9033 yeah I was thinking that, but unfortunately a lot of people don't know the middle east is west asian
@@jennas9033 and also few others
The fact that if you check ,, other box” it also gets counted as white…says it all.
SWANA people need their own identity
Can somebody tell me why in the US you have to state your race when filling out forms? I had to fill forms in at least 5 different countries in Europe and never ever did I have to put my race, only my nationality which is not the same.
Sandra Ilic / And there aren't even different 'races' within the human-race, only ethnic differences.
Yes, this is ridiculous, why must they ask? This woman has white skin, so to me (Italian), she's white. And... who cares? You would expect a diverse country like the US to care less about race, not more!
What they do in France is the take racial data for statistic purpose but they don’t allow it for government purpose! So you are either French citizen, other European, or foreigner!
Because in the US race and ethnic based discrimination has been the norm for its entire existence and so it was decided to track peoples race and ethnicity in the census so that the issues facing minorities can be studied and addressed
@@AelwynMr it’s used for and impacts funding and services for underserved minority populations.
This is not only an issue in the census forms, throughout all my high school and college applications only one of them had the option for “Middle Eastern” for the rest I had to put that I was “white”. Whenever I look at my student profile on my colleges portal website I have to see that it says “white” under my name and that has always bothered me. Me and the rest of the Middle Eastern, Arab, and North African students are being misrepresented and lumped into the white population of our school. This leads to less accurate statistics in terms of our schools diversity and even less scholarships available based on us being minorities, simply because we were not given an option to make ourselves known. Not to mention every job application I have filled out as well, on paper I am always forced to identify as “white”, sometimes there isn’t even an other or fill in option.
Just asking cause I truely want to understand. Why did you feel you had to choose "white?" Why not "black" or "other" or did they make you choose " white" as a default?
@@ketinarenea8499
Because black is misrepresentation. You look at us, and it is very obvious that we are not black. As Rashida explained, the other category doesn't have the same power. It's treated as less than the others.
@Bela T.T
North Africans are physically different than the rest of Africa. They are lighter skinned and gave different cultures.
@@ayatayat4104 They have nothing to do with the Middle East, they are Berbers Amazigh They are not Arabs, stop a lie
I mean scientifically and historically North Africans and middle eastern people have a lot of genetics and physical characteristics shared with Europeans. The Sahara was a huge genetic wall! And the Mediterranean was a bridge between people for millennia. By white I think the census means Caucasian people of which middle easterners certainly are a part of. (Caucasian has to do with facial features) So the problem I see is the confusion of skin tone with characteristics for European Americans to gain more money and power! This is the problem with white as a category for MENA people!
This also impacts schools and what languages / ELS programs are available in the region. English is not everyone’s first language.
This The United States, not the United Arab Emirates.
@Felipe Murillo says felipe murillo
@Felipe Murillo maybe you should never say something like this because is racist thing to say?
Felipe Murillo Are you against people speaking other languages? People speak more than one language in most countries.
thnksno that’s an ignorant statement don’t you think? People come to America fleeing the UAE. Doesn’t mean we can’t help them learn English while respecting their culture.
I'm half-Korean and half white, but I live in America and every time some survey wants to know my color, I don't know whether I should choose Asian or white, so I usually just go with white.
There really needs to be a better system that includes all the ethnicities better. They've had decades to add a couple more options on a form, but even that is too difficult for them, it seems.
Put down Korean. There needs to be more representation for minorities.
@@MissTopDJ007 I do look more white than Korean though.
But how many ethnicities should be included? Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Pakistani, Greek, Irish, English, French, Spanish, Italian, etc.? And if we break up the Asians in detail, should we not also break up the Africans into Nigerian, Sudanese, etc. And then for combinations, Irish-Korean, Pakinstani-Latinx, etc. I do not think you will satisfy everyone. My ancestors come from Asia (Northen Asia, i.e. Siberia), Africa, and somewhere in the old Austria-Hungary. I check white and it fits my skin tone the best. I do not think everyone can be satisfy, nor need they be.
@@erwinschrodinger2546 I get your point, but different races should be included. Not all of them individually, there should be more.
You could check off both boxes I think, and if not then dam you’re right there needs to be more options. Mixed people exist too
She was being too polite
What you want her to do go off on these men like they aren't politicians is a safe space😂
@@bdd2752 😂😂😂. In a seat and position like that, you gotta use verbal jujitsu to get these fools to tell on themselves or explain their bad decision making. Shouldn't be a debate
Wow this breaks my heart
I’m Middle Eastern descent in America and always checked other. Checking white is absurd, I never experienced white privilege !
You can always go back if you don't like it here sweetheart
Benito Sotelo lol you can can go to Europe....
@Isaac Hernandez she never experienced "white privilege" yet she can afford to leave her homeland and come here lol. Sounds like privilege to me.
@ she might have been born here, but her parents left for a reason. I welcome immigrants as long as they assimilate and are grateful to be here.
Neither have whites.
SHE IS AN ICON VERY SMART I RESPECT SOO MUCH
Arabs aren't smart 😂
Go tell it Ms Tlib!!!!
Tell em that white, black n Hispanic, are not the only colors americans come in.
Some of us are red!😉
Lol Hispanic isn't a color.
Are you implying some people are Native Americans (“Redskins”), Republicans, communists or embarrassed?
derry667dingo wow that’s a lot of red things u just listed there 😲
@@Aviationgeek21 The language you speak does not define race. If it did, most of America would be white because their primary language is English.
@Jrod Jrod Sad how few of us can wrap our heads around that.
Most Israelis have European and Middle Eastern blood but yet consider themselves Europeans.
I think they consider themselves Europeans because they feel like they are home. But here in USA white people don't treat other races well to make them feel like they are home. And over and over they keep saying " Go back where you come from ".
Peter Rynne Not true. That’s changing big time. Haven’t you noticed the shifting winds in this subject matter ? We want to be us now. Not you
Ja Sam And I’m saying I talk to ppl... ppl are on the wave of not wanting the white label anymore. Open your eyes. Facts
Bry-Fi I’m saying 2 things. If we are not white. We don’t want to be labeled as such on a census. And your partially correct. There is a movement by many who used to claim white on a census. But they are finding their own identity and want to be their own ppl now. That’s the trend lately
@@BriFiConnections You have an issue with them not wanting to be labeled white ? It seems you're just mad because people want to be labeled what they actually are.
This is what happens when we vote in an administration that basically views the American population as either White, or Other.
If you actually want your voices heard and be represented, do better this Nov! Go vote!
The conservative-leaning bigoted members electoral college voted for 45, not the American people. The American people voted for Al Gore in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016.
And do it again in 4 and 8 years!
@@user-ll5oj4eo1g I fear the EC will vote for trump again. They are fanatics.
Because we are still living when only white males could vote.
@@angelagillett1033 , white men are the real victims. Please.
also it's complicated cause there are black arabs and brown arabs so it wouldn't be fair for them to have to put white. They should have their own category
Yes I agree there's also white looking arabs. I'm middle eastern I could pass for white but I don't feel it's right to identify as white since we are considered minorities.
@@violet7752 Yes that's also true, white arabs don't have the same experience as white people in the U.S.
@Diana Prince I agree people from Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Albania look different compare to other European countries. It makes no sense that people are labeled by skin color instead of ethnicity.
Black arabs are of sub saharan african decent , so they just check black its easy
So true
this kind of systematic racism is why I refused to fill out the census form this year.
The Census is still super important to funding for your local community and lots of other things.
I always put Asia/Asian becuase that's were part of the middleeast is located.
What about those who are from northern Africa who aren't black and not white, what about them? You know the box of black and african are together right. So those people won't be counted accurately. This is how white communities end up with alot more funding and help then any other communities. They are purposely leaving certain races/ethnic groups out to where they are checking white when they clearly aren't.
@@endl1234
I'm from North- Africa . I rather being labeld as black than white . Because i'm a person with colour.
And north-africa is in Africa and not in Europe.
Middle East are the Arab region. You can't label them as Asia.
amagrabeh Middle East is in North Africa and West Asia ya moron. Not “South Europe”. What does that even mean
@@lobsangpalden7525 middle east is in the central of asia, if anything middle eastern are the true Asian, I have zero European DNA, but I have to check as white? Yes I got dna test, no european blood.
Oh wow and I just realized that my birth certificate says white. 😳 I'm Hispanic
Hispanic are white. No? I am.from Europe with Spain 😁
You can be both Hispanic and White, same as someone can be Hispanic and Black like Zoe Saldana or Big Papi David Ortiz.
Front front no your country was North African back then
Yeah, me too. Unfortunately my white mother chose that designation for me vs my Mexican father. Doesn't help that her genetics paled me out. So I look white and was raised white by my white mother but identify as Latina. Very difficult and confusing.
Too white for the brown community and too brown for the whites.
@@angelitabecerra So actually mixed
I love how he's not giving her straight answers to any of her questions. "Do I look white to you?" simple answer, No. He was acting like she was fishing for an insult.
LuvU Rashida‼️
The only natives are the native born or descendants of those who were here b4 colonization.
Therefore immigrants.
The fact is white is not native to this land.
So in your logic we weren't born here, hilarious.
The only ones native are the native american and their mix (ironically also the hispanics or latinamerican)Then everyone else: white, black, asian etc are immigrants here. So...your point?
@@BetsyG24 I was born here so I am technically native to this land I did not immigrate my ancestors on the other hand did, after slavery was abolished my ancestors came for a new life. Also the land was not stolen it was fought for just as many native tribes fought and enslaved one another. On a side note white is not a race let alone my skin color.
@@seancasity7538 I respect your opinion sir. But as the land and race or culture are other topics that I dont entirely agree upon your opinion. But I respect your journey. Im mix races: arawak, spanish (another mix) and black. I can't be checking all that in a race definition for the census. And culture or definition Im hispanic and latin. So for minorities or mixed races is a sensible subject checking just white.
Betxy Thalen
The comment is and was just an observation that is distorted in census data collection. It’s intentional and intended to count white as prioritized citizens with all due respect.
Every job I applied for since I was 18 years old, I would never check the category box that I'm represented in. I would always write on the side, "why does this matter?"
Why only re-look to change the census every 10 years? Seems a bit long.
That’s because the census is only taken every 10 years.
Because it's about money, funding and numbers!!
I'm Tunisian and i'm white.
Exclude North African from what you are saying.
May Allah guide you
This is why we need representation Because if we didn't things like this would be able to keep going on
Why is it so hard for him to acknowledge what she's saying????
I always like to say my identity as being, simply, HUMAN.
@dn va oh really!? Where are the other humans then?
Dn va you one of those special Ed kids huh...😂✋
lol
Thank you Rashida! You have no idea how disturbing and hurtful it is to look at that ethnicity list every time and not feel included. Thank you
Just tik black lol
@@warriors221
Why would she tick black if she looks white? I’m also Middle Eastern but nobody would know unless I told them, same as her.
@@redking36 I don't think she looks white. FWIW I'm in the same boat too, as a Middle Eastern guy with "tan"/warm skin. Of course she's not black either, as a Palestinian-American I think Asian would be most fitting 🤷♂. As an Egyptian, I don't have that luxury and certainly can't put "African American," so I have to tick "other" as well
👏🏼Thank you Rashida Tlaib!! This is exactly what I thought when I was filling out my family's census out!!
I can only imagine my heart pounding so fast, nearly blacking out thinking about all the small businesses you had to tell heartbreaking news to. Talib is queen
This is so sad. I'm sorry to all the MENA Americans.
You are a part of this country and we're richer for it.
You deserve so much beter. Don't stop fighting for it.
I see you.
Okay but is USA aware that most countries don't have to fill in skin colour, race or ethnicity? They just ask for your nationality and that's it
@@cczsus6513 yes lots of countries are very diverse but it's institutionalized racism to categorise people by "race"
And it's impossible because this notion is anthropologicaly incorect.
You are speacking of France...France is as diverse as the US but it's illegal to categorise it's people as such.
They are all french citizens
@@AD-jq7ow, race is a breed, not a skin color
Don't even get me started on the ethnicity/race connundrum when I'm ethnically Hispanic/Latinx and then am asked what my race is. My face always goes 😒 and my mind goes 🤯. Having more options or that extra box on a form REALLY does matter. PERIODT.
Same I’m a brown Arab not white at all
“latinx” you dont have anything to do with latinos
Tell them Rashida!!!
You and she are increasing racial tension.
@@valuecalc what racial tension ??? Us Arabs are trying to fight for our honor and to be recognized in American society
@@firasharb1454, plenty. You attack whites and even blacks; I saw it in Britain and the US.
@@valuecalc as if blacks didnt try to steal our culture and history 🤣
@@NationalismDjazair , but who truly owns anything? A man could buy ten cars and ten motorcycles. If he gets killed, then someone ELSE will get his prizes somehow. We're all stuck on this planet. I think that racial tension is normal. Expecting it to hit zero is basically impossible, but why increase it to sky-high levels?
"we continue to study race and ethnicity.... "
YEAH.. WRONG TEXTBOOK BRUV
Remove the false eyebrow. And studying race too often creates racial tension.
@@valuecalc Well this is coming from an Indian who was born and bought up in a GCC country and of course, you wouldn't know what that is. Besides, what false eyebrow? I didn't get my eyebrows done for months and applied a filter, try applying castor/coconut oil if yours aren't growin well enough that you had to bring it up to take light away from a comment that deals with relevant issues at hand. Pathetic comeback. You clearly haven't studied the basics that's why you are here getting all riled up about my brows.
@@rozemjoyce1616 but Arabs are WHITE
@@truthteller2711 i meant there's a very less percentage of locals there, the rest of them have migrated from around the globe. At least read up before you come at someone.
I so love these strong women who are raising issues that need to be addressed, even though I never heard of these hearings on the news... These issues should have garnered much more attention!!
Why do certain forms ask us of our race anyway?
Race shouldn't determine anything.
David so they can determine what’s best for you and how to treat you
@@deelee5244 We are human beings. Race doesn't anything...
So Republicans can gerrymander minority communities to keep power.
I believe that it allows the government to pinpoint problem areas, like as she points out, MENA people struggling with getting small business loans, and then remedy that by aiding those communities more
In a good faith administration that is...
@@ltchill race doesn't exist, ethnicity does. It's important in identifying redlining, particular health concerns, language support provision etc.
This was intense and needed to be said. 💯
Finally someone’s addressing the f*cking issue
I'm half Lebanese and spent my youth explaining why I look the different from Whites. The 2020 census felt like a slap in my face and a denial of my identity.
Wow this is powerful
Many of us do look white when it comes to skin colour, but we do have black and brown people who are Arabs. They should be identified separately
lmao no, if you go to north africa majority are black or brown. Mena is not all arabs.
@@tonygayed533 Tf are you talking about? North africa is as white as germany and finalnd
I am Sudanese and I select black. because I am. my family is of African descent and thats how people see and treat me.
I love her. Total boss ..
I know!! She is a hero💪🏽♀️👊🏼.
My question is, why is it not on the Census? What legitimate reason is there for it not being there
The answer is none. There is no reason that doesn't stem from racism for that check box to not be on the census.
They want the population of whites to be greater than any other race even if they have to manipulate the numbers just like they do for everything else
I was just talking about this! North Africans and people from the Middle East should not have to check the "white box." Most North Africans look black but they're supposed to check the "white box" in America.
This is my category!!!! I have always opted for the Unknown/No answer because it was totally inaccurate to put White/Caucasian. We need the MENA category on the census and other government forms!!! Thank you Rep Tlaib for speaking on this!!!
Actually depending on your characteristics Caucasian fits a majority of middle eastern people. Caucasian refers to facial features. A Straight nose for example is one of them. However many middle eastern people are mixed. Some have more sub Saharan African genetics as well!
@@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment I mean, I get what you’re saying but I think this issue is more than just appearance. I’m not treated like a white person and I’m not a white person so why would I describe myself as white? It’s just odd to go by an ethnicity that isn’t your own. Although we are a very diverse group (with diverse facial features like you’ve said), most MENA are varying shades of brown. The white label just isn’t accurate ethnically, culturally, or even physically for many MENA people.
@@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment North Africans have lived in North Africa for more than 4000 years.. They are the majority of people of North Africa and they have their own ethnicity their own DNA and genome that is different from the Arabs of Arabian peninsula.
caucasian is not white there separate things somalis are even classified as caucasian and clearly not white
I’m so happy this was in my recommendations as a Middle Eastern woman it’s ALWAYS been so frustrating and infuriating when I have to select “White” on forms when that’s not what I am
I didn’t even know that there was MENA legislation that was supposed to be added to the 2020 census but was ignored
That’s so annoying and hurtful to be grouped with people you don’t identify with
Interestingly, it was actually Syrians and Arab-Americans who lobbied for their status of whiteness in the early 1900s.
You are correct and most Syrians still consider themselves white .
That was until white people started attacking them though. The world got flipped upside down when the Us started invading.
I have lots of very light-skinned friends from Brazil and Venezuela that doesn't identify as white...
They lobbied to be white so they could enjoy the same advantages as white people. But then America started to discriminate against the Arabs, and started massacring and bombing their countries. You can't blame us for wanting to take our identity back. Second, the decision of people one hundred to two hundred years ago shouldn't be the standard to which I live my life today.
@فاروق Frank احمد
No, not really. When the Constitution and bill of rights were written,it was quite obvious they were only talking about white men, and for many years, that is what the US government followed. The Constitution and Bill of Rights have since been reevaluated to to reinclude clauses that banned slavery, etc and include all races and both men and women.
The same with the decision of making Arabs white: it needs to be either thrown out or reevaluated.
Lol, I'm middle eastern and don't even look white, but have to check off white everytime and it's upsetting.
Your case is not the case of the majority !
@@aligattor2639 lol, okay..??
I hate the entire "white" and "color" thing. It makes no sense. Mention of origin nationality would have been enough.
😂 says the white person
@@potatoknishes5860 I think they're south asian, not white based on their name
Fun fact one a time ago the middle east was a part of Europe but because of culture they separated and started wars :c
I NEED YOUR HELP. DO I LOOK WHITE? THANK YOU.
Yes you do
She’s so awesome!
I know💖. Girl power is inspiring to all, not just girls❤❤❤.
I hope that we live to see the day this is irrelevent.
I was born in California in the 60s the birth certificate had ony to race white are black no other choice and i am neither one
actually, u cannot pick neight one. they reject my application when i did that.
beautiful debate, Rashida you are remarkable congress women and person!
Queen 👑
Queen of antisemites
aw queen of justice. Your time is about over now. Get over it
@@aw5832 She is a semite herself.
@@factsoverfear9771 why are you for dividing everybody into categories? Why do you want to separate everybody by every little thing instead of just trying to become Americans as a whole?
I never understood this, people say they want equality, people say they want everybody to be the same, get the way that these people are going about trying to get the equality, is segregating themselves more so.
Black, Asian, Puerto Rican, White, Hispanic, Indian, Native whatever, we are all the same. So why do you urine so much to put a stupid label on everything?
Ryan Jay lmao. You say that because you are represented in the census. We are not. Get over the fact that your ppl are starting to lose your privileges;)
This is why I hate doing the census. Government red lining.
When I was a student in the US I remember that I was shocked with the options. I’m a brown North African and had to choose the European box like my white Romanian friend 😹
@Bella T.T it depends, if it's "african american" it means people of black descent who are usually here since the birth of the USA and he's not that. If it's only African, then yes, he should have selected this case.
imagine if I had to only choose between white american and african american on a random census. I'd be so confused because I'm a north african with light brown skin that almost looks white. north africans also aren't called african american either because we don't look like the rest of africa to americans, therefore they just made us white
@@KNG-fm1kj but there africans living In america therefore white
@@KNG-fm1kj we are white.
Shame. Algerian never been white , many people to there are fake white , tribes with blue eyes and ginger hair are not white raced.
Greek with olive skin is white , Bulgarian with warm skin is white , European heritage and geography because.
You bleached north africa cause to white slavery , which is very shameful because many genocides cause by Islam.
I learned that my Asian ethnicity is catorigized as "white" in standard exams. Last time I checked I was still Asian.
And I bet you don't look white, anyway.
But you're not classified as White. There is a whole Asian box for race. She's not talking about that. She's talking about not having a race that explains her. Egyptians have to choose White as well. You dont because you're Asian. Big difference.
Wow congresswoman Talib, such brilliantly you have explained the importance of the census and it’s impact!!
I'm white, but she's right. If there's a statistically significant number boom, add it, no questions asked, no delay.
So you're an albino?
Preach!!!! We need more of this!
I don't know am I the only one individual here who found North African and most of the middle Eastern Caucasian or white.. I see most of the middle Eastern looking white and in North African people looking Spanish as well as French..
decent amount of the north africans have european ancestry (italian, spanish and balkan). but most middle eastern people ik are brown skin except for maybe some syrians.
@@Vari860 native north africans are white anyway. the population of today is heavily mixed with arabs
She is bossy and interrupts him regularly. Even if she is right about the subject she should have talked without acting entitled and bossy.
It's scientifically white.
Not white
Director : we need to study race...
Answer : Director, we studied enough..
LOL, director try to make excuses..
Too much mixing doesn't work.
Thanks you for educating him. Not all Africans are black neither are the Arabs. I was impressed to see this category included in the census form......
We need more voices like her in power