As an Arab American living in the United States of America, I have been forced my whole life to identify as "White" on college applications, standardized tests, health forms, and government documents. This, however, is simply not the case--I am proudly from North African, or Arab, descent. People like me are not offered the privileges that come along with being White, and neither do we get the benefit of the minority status that we rightfully classify as (e.g. despite being from Africa, I can not legally call myself an African American). Additionally, the U.S. Census is not collecting specific, accurate data for North Africans/Arabs by considering them as White Americans. This isn't just a matter of an option on the Census--it represents Arab Americans finally being recognized as an important community and afforded the privileges they have always deserved.