(Photo: Paul Sancya, AP)WASHINGTON — The White House is putting forward a proposal to add a new racial category for people from the Middle East and North Africa under what would be the biggest realignment of federal racial definitions in decades. Those are issues the White House is trying to resolve before adding the box on 2020 census forms. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said Friday the White House action was good news. The proposed 2020 census form listing "Middle Eastern and North African" as an additional racial classification. But Beydoun, a naturalized citizen with Egyptian and Lebanese parents, said he still supports the proposal as an expression of Middle Eastern identity.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 30, 2016 21:45 UTC