Census and (lack of) Sensibility in the way nation’s manipulate population data Governments around the world manipulate their Census data on populations in order to undermine minority rights and strengthen government abuses against minorities. In the United States, the government has used the Census for decades as a means of suppressing the actual numbers of…
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Arab News, Arab World, Arab World Politics, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Commentary, Editors Picks, Features, immigrants, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, religion, US Arab PoliticsArab World , Census , France , Israel , Lebanon , manipulation , politics , suppression , United States Don’t call me MENA, call me Arab President Obama is considering placing an all inclusive category called “MENA” (Middle Eastern and North Africa) on the US Census forms going out soon to identify the nation’s 2020 demographic population, but I think the designation should be sweet and simple “Arab.” I’m not MENA, I am Arab and I…
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American Arabs, Arab News, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, News, Podcast, Politics, Ray Hanania, US Arab PoliticsAmerican Arabs , Arab , Arabs , Census , demographics , empowerment , MENA , Middle East and North Africa , Middle Eastern and North Africa , President Obama , US Census Trying to collect accurate information on Arabs and Muslims in America is very difficult. And there is a reason for it. When a government can suppress accurate information on the demographics of a community, the government can control and suppress that community. That’s why it is so important to get the U.S. Census to change its…
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American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Editors Picks, Iraq, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, religion, SyriaAmerican Arabs , Arab Americans , Assyrians , Census , Chaldeans , Muslims , Phoenicians , Pope Francis , U.S. Census American Arabs have been urging the U.S. Census for years to include a category that will help empower America’s growing Arab community. But racism among public officials has stood in the way. But Census officials said this week that they will “test” using a new category to include American Arabs “Middle East and North Africa” this…
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Census and (lack of) Sensibility in the way nation’s manipulate population data
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Census and (lack of) Sensibility in the way nation’s manipulate population data Governments around the world manipulate their Census data on populations in order to undermine minority rights and strengthen government abuses against minorities. In the United States, the government has used the Census for decades as a means of suppressing the actual numbers of…
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