3.) White or not white?
Technically half white, but I'm visibly brown, so not white.
DEFINITION OF WHITE USED IN THE 2010 CENSUS
According to OMB, “White” refers to a person having origins in any
of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
The White racial category includes people who marked the “White”
checkbox. It also includes respondents who reported entries such
as Caucasian or White; European entries, such as Irish, German,
and Polish; Middle Eastern entries, such as Arab, Lebanese, and
Palestinian; and North African entries, such as Algerian, Moroccan,
and Egyptian.
So many "visibly brown" people are white according to the US government. I understand that this doesn't match the OP, but then neither does a realistic consideration of "rich" match the OP.
Personally, I did not fill out the race and ethnicity questions on the form in last census. I think I'll leave those sections blank again in 2020. I only mention it for your information.
I fall under the white with some combination (in my case, Asian Indian) category. With current cultural perceptions on race and ethnicity, I'm still a visible minority, but it will be interesting to see if mixed people like me (as well as Arabs, Persian, White Hispanics, and North Africans) will be accepted as white in the future, like southern and southeastern Europeans were gradually accepted as white.
I have a super-white name that couldn't hurt on job interviews, but wonder how checking the "other" box affected my college acceptance. People still refer to me as "Indian" before they remember the white part. The funniest and most accurate description of my skin tone is "sand colored"
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