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Middle Eastern Americans are Americans of Middle Eastern background. Although once considered Asian Americans , the modern definition of "Asian American" now excludes people with West Asian backgrounds.
Middle Eastern immigrant communities are often lumped together by US politicians and the general public as ‘Arabs’. Persians and even non-Middle East groups like South Indians and Pakistanis have shared the brunt of widespread anti-Arab (and anti-Iranian) prejudice.
This list includes North Africans in the United States who identify as Arabs as well as Middle Eastern Americans who are not Arabs. The first Arab American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was George A. Kasem in 1959, and the first Arab-American U.S. senator was James Abourezk in 1973.
In the United States census, Arabs are a part of the "White" race group because the definition of "White" as "A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa". [3] According to the 2010 US census, there are 1,698,570 Arab Americans in the United States.
30 kwi 2021 · Learn about the origins, diversity, and achievements of Arab Americans in the U.S. and their quest for fair representation in the Census and the government. Read how Arab Americans have shaped foreign policy and international development through diplomacy and advocacy.
28 mar 2024 · ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately...
22 mar 2022 · More than 3.5 million Americans have Arab roots, according to the 2020 U.S. Census, with ancestries traced to 22 countries across the Middle East and North Africa.
