Members of the Aden Community Center, a Bridgeview-based nonprofit that caters to the Arab American community of Chicago, protest outside Trump International Hotel in 2017.
Members of the Aden Community Center, a Bridgeview-based nonprofit that caters to the Arab American community of Chicago, protest outside Trump International Hotel in 2017. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times
Members of the Aden Community Center, a Bridgeview-based nonprofit that caters to the Arab American community of Chicago, protest outside Trump International Hotel in 2017.
Members of the Aden Community Center, a Bridgeview-based nonprofit that caters to the Arab American community of Chicago, protest outside Trump International Hotel in 2017. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times

The study from UIC looks at Arab Americans in the Chicago area. One finding is that many Arab Americans would like to be able to check something other than “white” on official forms.

Reset checks in with a researcher and an organizer about the results.

GUESTS: Nadine Naber, professor of gender and women’s studies and global Asian studies at UIC

Nadiah Alyafai, youth and political organizer at the Arab American Action Network

Members of the Aden Community Center, a Bridgeview-based nonprofit that caters to the Arab American community of Chicago, protest outside Trump International Hotel in 2017.
Members of the Aden Community Center, a Bridgeview-based nonprofit that caters to the Arab American community of Chicago, protest outside Trump International Hotel in 2017. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times
Members of the Aden Community Center, a Bridgeview-based nonprofit that caters to the Arab American community of Chicago, protest outside Trump International Hotel in 2017.
Members of the Aden Community Center, a Bridgeview-based nonprofit that caters to the Arab American community of Chicago, protest outside Trump International Hotel in 2017. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times

The study from UIC looks at Arab Americans in the Chicago area. One finding is that many Arab Americans would like to be able to check something other than “white” on official forms.

Reset checks in with a researcher and an organizer about the results.

GUESTS: Nadine Naber, professor of gender and women’s studies and global Asian studies at UIC

Nadiah Alyafai, youth and political organizer at the Arab American Action Network