No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You
Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Amazigh, Arab, American.
These are just a handful of ways that thousands of people who responded to a New York Times callout described themselves. The answers were as diverse as the group of individuals behind them. People with roots in the Middle East and North Africa, often abbreviated as MENA, represent a multitude of cultures, religions and languages. And they all have different viewpoints about how they fit into the American mosaic.
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