Arab-Americans Tell Census, 'We're Not White'

[TDAS04]

I agree that racial classifications are always problematic, and the ones on the US Census form are kind of silly.  However, if the "white" classification remains, I think Arabs as a whole could be iffy, just like Hispanics (based on appearance).  Some Hispanics, like Cubans of unmixed Spanish ancestry, are at least as white as Italians, and so are people of Lebanese origin (such Ralph Nader).