The U.S. census sees Middle Eastern and North African people as white. Many don't
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https://www.npr.org/2022/02/17/1079181478/us-census-middle-eastern-white-north-african-mena
Egyptian Pharaohs were
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@shortstories - I see in my mind's eye, early Egyptians as semetic (like Arabs, dark features & tanned bronze skin). But the Ptolemiec dynasty (of which Cleopatra was one) were light-featured, bronze skinned Greeks. Though the Egyptian populace of their time, remained semetic. 🫡🍻
