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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by cik on Friday August 14, 2020 @06:37AM (#24156186)
No idea. Why should I care what the US government thinks white equates to. Having zero "white", "caucasian", or similar ancestry other than Jewish and from Arab lands for hundreds of years makes me very non-white.

But if you want to judge it by looks, I look like an Arab. Like hundreds of thousands of other Jews.

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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by anonymoushn on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:00AM (#24156748)
That's fine. I'm sorry if I've offended you. I meant that for the purpose of these discussions about US university racial demographics, Arabs are white.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by cik on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:36AM (#24208949)
No worries, I wasn't offended! I just think it's insane that a group of people other than my own can even think to tell me what my ethnicity is. As an example, it would be utter hubris were I to say the same to Black Americans, so I'm not sure why it's randomly okay to do this to other groups.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by 082349872349872 on Friday August 14, 2020 @06:54AM (#24156310)
The US concept of "caucasian" Streisanded the caucasus region for me, so among other things I've learned about the Niggun Shamil.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23914667

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ :-)

PS. do you have any opinion on סרוגים‎ (the show)?

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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by cik on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:47AM (#24156653)
Wow it's been years since I saw that... I loved the first season, then it dropped off the map. If you like סרוגים‎ try שבאבניקים
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