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Racial Classification of Indian People in the USA

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1909 In re Balsara probably not White congressional intent
1910 U.S. v. Dolla White visual inspection of skin
1910 U.S. v. Balsara White scientific evidence, congressional intent
1913 In re Akhay Kumar Mozumdar White legal precedent
1917 In re Sadar Bhagwab Singh not White common knowledge, congressional intent
1919 In re Mohan Singh White scientific evidence, legal precedent
1920 In re Thind White legal precedence
1923 U.S. v. Thind not White common knowledge, congressional intent
1923 U.S. v. Akhaykumar Mozumdar not White legal precedent
1925 U.S. v. Ali not White*** common knowledge
1928 U.S. v. Gokhale not White legal precedent
1939 Wadia v. U.S not White common knowledge
1942 Kharaiti Ram Samras v. U.S not White legal precedent
** Court opinions and decisions on the racial classification of Indians, the last of which was in 1942, were made before formal Indian independence in 1947. While often not clear, it was generally assumed at the time that by Indians the courts meant all those originally from the Indian subcontinent, the union of British India and Princely States.
*** 1925 decision ruled specifically against Punjabis while other rulings were generally regarding all Indians, which is understood to have meant all those originally from the region of South Asia.

In 1993 the Arab American Institute proposed that the 2000 US Census make a new Middle Easterner racial category and the AAI wanted Pakistani Americans to be included in it.[15] According to the 2000 US Census, 25% of 2nd generation South Asian Americans marked the white category. (pp. 76)[14]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_classification_of_Indian_Americans

The US Census doesnt classify Roma as Group since they are not "a nationality or Religion". They are distinguished by their nationality rather then ethnicity. Wikipedia.

Historically
Some states had laws that forbade the Roma from living as one with their fellow Americans. One law in New Jersey, enacted in 1917 and repealed in 1998, allowed Gypsies to be regulated more harshly than other groups by allowing local governments to craft laws and ordinances that specified where Gypsies could rent property, where they could entertain and what goods they could sell. Facing such discrimination, the Roma learned to hide and blend in. "Traditionally, nothing good has come from being identified Roma because the prejudice is so high," says Robert Kushen, executive director of the European Roma Rights Center. "There's never been any profit."

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2025316,00.html

I couldnt find any other laws on Roma. Like anti-miscgenation laws against Roma marrying Whites etc.
 

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