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☭proletarian☭;1877345 said:Where's the box marked 'peckerwood'?Well, the PC crowd is in charge of the Census Bureau.. I want a "white with brown and red freckles so there may be some negro indian blood" inclusion.
I grew up in a time when the polite term was "negro" or "colored". To call them black was considered offensive.
In the late 60's the "Black is beautiful" movement switched things so that "black" was the correct term and "negro' or "colored" was offensive
Since that time there have been various attempts to change to:
Person of color (but not colored person)
Afro-American
African-American
The political correctness seems to change with the wind. Can't we just pick one term and stick with it?
I grew up in a time when the polite term was "negro" or "colored". To call them black was considered offensive.
In the late 60's the "Black is beautiful" movement switched things so that "black" was the correct term and "negro' or "colored" was offensive
Since that time there have been various attempts to change to:
Person of color (but not colored person)
Afro-American
African-American
The political correctness seems to change with the wind. Can't we just pick one term and stick with it?
What if you're black, but not African?
☭proletarian☭;1877282 said:NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. Census Bureau spokesman said the use of the term "negro" on the 2010 Census is intended to offer some older African-Americans a new identifier.
The New York Daily News said while some African-American residents of New York questioned the use of the term in this year's census, bureau spokesman Jack Martin called it a term of inclusion.
"Many older African-Americans identified themselves that way, and many still do," Martin said. "Those who identify themselves as Negroes need to be included."
negro:
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, generally marked by brown to black skin pigmentation, dark eyes, and woolly or crisp hair and including esp. the indigenous peoples of Africa south of the Sahara.
Being a member of the black peoples of humankind, esp. those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
☭proletarian☭;1877282 said:So. my question is this: Will the next census include 'Nigga' as an option, in order to appeal to the younger hiphop crowd?
I grew up in a time when the polite term was "negro" or "colored". To call them black was considered offensive.
In the late 60's the "Black is beautiful" movement switched things so that "black" was the correct term and "negro' or "colored" was offensive
Since that time there have been various attempts to change to:
Person of color (but not colored person)
Afro-American
African-American
The political correctness seems to change with the wind. Can't we just pick one term and stick with it?
What if you're black, but not African?
☭proletarian☭;1877282 said:NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. Census Bureau spokesman said the use of the term "negro" on the 2010 Census is intended to offer some older African-Americans a new identifier.
The New York Daily News said while some African-American residents of New York questioned the use of the term in this year's census, bureau spokesman Jack Martin called it a term of inclusion.
"Many older African-Americans identified themselves that way, and many still do," Martin said. "Those who identify themselves as Negroes need to be included."
So. my question is this: Will the next census include 'Nigga' as an option, in order to appeal to the younger hiphop crowd?