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Re:How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels by nyolfen on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @04:37PM (#17921689)
indians were categorized as white for govt purposes in the US until the late 70s when they petitioned the government for a census category so they could benefit from affirmative action. same deal as the new MENA category
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Re:How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels by amyjess on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @04:50PM (#17921790)
Indians don't have their own census category now, either. They're officially considered Asian; the census lumps them in with East Asians and Southeast Asians.
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Re:How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels by nyolfen on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @06:11PM (#17922340)
1980 Census

This year added several options to the race question, including Vietnamese, Indian (East), Guamanian, Samoan, and re-added Aleut.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_Un...

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