Arab Americans with darker skin are often misread as Latino

Evidence

Sami was surprised. He wasn’t accustomed to people identifying him as Arab-American. “Are you Spanish?” is the question he hears most of the time. His Sunset Park high school was populated mostly with Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and African Americans. All his girlfriends have been Latinas. He’s darker-skinned than the rest of his family, to the point that even his father will joke with him by asking, “Are you sure you are part of this family?” — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 179