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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 ...
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]
Middle Eastern Americans are currently counted as racially White on the census, although many do not identify as such. In 2012, prompted in part by post-9/11 discrimination, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee petitioned the Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency to designate the MENA populations as a minority ...
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.
The criminalization of panhandling in Michigan has been the subject to much debate in public opinion and in the courts: In 2011 and 2013, Grand Rapids was the center for this debate. In 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit challenging a law that makes begging a crime as a violation of free speech. [50]
Fact Check: Social media users are claiming that the new Syrian government, led by an Islamist rebel group called HTS, told Syrian churches not told have public displays of Christmas.
Syrian Americans gradually started to work in various métiers; many worked as physicians, lawyers, and engineers. Many Syrian Americans also worked in the bustling auto industry, bringing about large Syrian American gatherings in areas like Dearborn, Michigan. [54] Later Syrian emigrants served in fields like banking, medicine, and computer ...
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