Growing up, my parents told me I was white. I checked white on college applications. But that was at odds w/ my life experience. As I got older, I realized my story wasn’t unique. I explored these questions of identity in my latest for @latimes latimes.com/projects/la-me… #2020census Roughly 3 million people of Southwest Asian, Middle Eastern or North African descent live in the United States, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by @emsimani. No county is home to more of these communities than Los Angeles, with more than 350,000: