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When Syrian American community leaders attended a conference [51] in Michigan, one of Donald Trump's former foreign-policy advisers, Ric Grenell, said that Syrian Americans were more favorable to vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 United States Presidential Election. The reason for this willingness to support Republicans is attributed with the ...
168 Asian Mart, a 38,000-square-foot (3,500 m 2) supermarket, is the largest Asian supermarket in southeast Michigan, [50] and one of the largest in the state. [51] the store, owned by Ricky and Cindy Dong of Troy, opened on June 1, 2015. Ricky Dong originated from Fuzhou, Fujian, China. [50]
In addition, the Syrian Arab Republic is home to many ethnicities, including Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians, Kurds, and Turkmens, and is thus not an exclusively Arab nation. The Syriac Orthodox Church was previously known as the Syrian Orthodox Church until a Holy Synod in 2000 voted to change it to Syriac, thus distinguishing from the Arabs.
Although once considered Asian Americans, the modern definition of "Asian American" now excludes people with West Asian backgrounds. [2] According to the 2020 United States census, over 3.5 million people self-identified as being Middle Eastern and North African ethnic origin. However, this definition includes more than just the Middle East. [3]
Asian Indians are probably not White Congressional intent In re Najour: 1909 Syrians are White Historical background In re Halladjian: 1909 Armenians are White Scientific evidence, legal precedent United States v. Dolla: 1910 Asian Indians are White Ocular inspection of skin In re Mudarri: 1910 Syrians are White Scientific evidence, legal precedent
A February 6, 1900 article in the Detroit Free Press stated that "Detroit's Colony of Syrians" included 75-100 people, mostly Lebanese Maronites. [12] The Lebanese worked as peddlers and shopkeepers. Henry Ford 's factories had 555 Syrian employees, including many recently-arrived Muslims, by 1916. 9,000 Arabic-speakers were among the residents ...
When disaster strikes in war-ravaged Syria and the world watches from afar, a group of ordinary Syrians don their trademark white helmets and rush in to save lives. The Syria Civil Defence, better ...
The census of 2010 reported 70.1% White, 22.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.3% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.2% of the population. Arab Americans were at least 4.7% of the region's population.