Posted on 01/18/2008 7:29:12 AM PST by flowerplough
... It's an issue the United Negro College Fund is addressing today sort of. The 64-year-old organization isn't officially removing "Negro" from its name but rather is unveiling a new branding effort that will focus on the acronym "UNCF." A new logo was unveiled today and the group is refocusing attention to the group's universal catchphrase, "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste."
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By refocusing attention to the acronym, the UNCF follows the lead of the American Association of Retired Persons, which in 1999 legally changed its name to AARP to reflect that its focus had expanded beyond that of just American retirees and to capture more aging baby boomers.
The notion of making a name change for groups such as the NAACP and UNCF are more than simply symbolic. These organizations are seeking to remain relevant and urgently need to attract younger members.
Last year, DiversityInc posed a question to its readers: "Should the NAACP Change its Name?" Responses ran the gamut from readers who said the name had "historical significance" to "the NAACP has remained in a time zone of the '60's" to "It's not the name, it's the direction the organization is going in."
(Excerpt) Read more at diversityinc.com ...
But “colored people” is OK?
I wonder if the Bureau of Indian Affairs will have to get a name change too.
Boo! That pun was really beyond the pale.
::rimshot:: Hey-O!
It was a little light humor...
A term meaning a very fine adjustment. Used by electronic techs when adjusting a potentiometer in a circuit ... You know ... I just turned it a small increment to the left. How far? An RCH.
PapaBear3625: No, it's a way to identify who is so subservient to the current fashion, as dictated by the Elite, that they will adopt the currently fashionable terms immediately
Bingo--I think we have a winner.
I'm much more African-American than the vast majority of blacks in this country. My (very white) mom was born and partially raised in Algeria to a French mother and a Spanish father.
Bow to my superior minority powers.
Thank you. You nailed it.
LOL
Wait... do your superior minority powers cancel out my superior Northern European powers? Who settles this type of debate? Ridiculous.
As an aside, my brother-in-law’s grandmother had the exact same geographical background as yours. I must be certain to tell him about his African American ancestry. :)
Can’t use “people of color” cause that will include everybody!
“The 64-year-old organization.................... is unveiling a new branding effort”
I think they should get another copy editor.....sheeesh!
Don’t you know the cycle now?
First they adapt a movie from the past generation to Broadway and then they make of movie of the musical.
With the success of The Producers, it is obvious. Casting will depend on whoever is popular at the moment (it is all about recasting famous roles with other famous faces).
And the remake doesn’t have to be a success on its own. It can actually be used to re-release the original version too and to generate a lot of press about both productions.
I cringe whenever I hear people say "the blacks", too, the same way certain grammatical errors make me cringe. I'm probably the only FReeper who prefers the term African-American, but I don't use it on FR because it makes people go nuts here. Here's why I don't find the term itself unpatriotic at all:
Growing up here in the northeast, in response to the question, "What are you?" I've never heard a white person answer, "I'm white." Most white people would respond: "I'm Polish." "I'm Irish." "I'm half German, half English." And so on.
But, I was taught that we're Americans, not Europeans, so always add the word American: "I'm Italian-American." "I'm Irish-American." It's just a quick way of saying, "I'm American, but, yes, my ancestors were from this other country."
Maybe other parts of the country don't have the little ethnic enclaves we always had here. Maybe the difference in opinion varies depending on where you live.
My Mom told me of her experience when she was a child of seeing the water fountain labeled colored and turning it on to see what color. My Grandmother hurriedly pulled her away.
Funny, I was thinking about this earlier today without seeing the article.
For some reason unknown to me, it is currently vogue for whites to be referred to as caucasians by (insert racial designator for people of Negroid and African heritage)here in the south.
I never heard that until a few years ago. Imagine my surprise that negro, however, is a frowned upon term for them. I gave up long ago with this stuff.
Which is why I call people by their name.
>I have an idea. Lets call them Americans.<
Huh? What are you trying to do? Unite them with white people? I suppose you want to call all US citizens Americans. Never happen, again.
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