The United States Census Bureau proposed but then withdrew plans to add a new category to classify Middle Eastern and North African peoples in the U.S. Census 2020, over a dispute over whether this classification should be considered a white ethnicity or a separate race.
Biro Sensus Amerika Serikat ngusulan sakewala salanturnyane ngedeng rencana anggena nambahin kategori sane anyar anggena klasifikasian masyarakat ring Timur Tengah lan Afrika Utara ring Sensus AS 2020, krana patungkas antuk napike klasifikasi puniki musti kaanggep dados etnis kulit putih utawi ras sane mabinaan.