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<p>“My family was born and raised in Morocco.”</p>
<p>You are white by the federal definitions,</p>
<p>…as are various people of Middle Eastern origin.</p>
<p>“White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as ‘White’ or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish.”</p>
<p>You also have the choice of not indicating any ethnicity or race at all. What a college does with what it sees on your form varies from college to college. "</p>