I do the same as someone with West Asian Ancestry. Or I'll choose to not disclose, or if I'm really petty I'll pick Asian. I refuse to be considered white.

My yiayia would often remember when she was “not white.” In our family’s lore, her father’s business in the Greek part of the city where they lived narrowly avoided being firebombed by the Klan.

Thank you! 💙

I imagine that does suck. I wouldn't worry too much about that official stuff tho; U.S. census includes West Asians & North Africans under "White" for some reason lol. By that logic ticking the box as a Greek shouldn't matter all that much, but if it's a principle thing I get that too.

The way the US classifies Latinos is really weird too. First you have to state your race, then you have to specify whether or not you're Latino as a separate question. Because of that, being Latino isn't an available option for race. But you can't leave questions blank so Latinos have to select something as their race to move on.

So the chicano family that lives in the segregated non-white part of the city? They're white latinos. Migrants from central America? They're white latinos too. Or maybe American Indian latinos. Or American Indian non-latinos. Who knows really