Census of whitewashing

Found an article about MENA people being classified as white thought it was interesting...Links used...https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/2020-census-continues-whitewashing-middle-eastern-americans-ncna1212051... https://www.npr.org/2022/02/17/1079181478/us-census-middle-eastern-white-north-african-mena