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Census to replace "Negro" with "black" or "African-American"
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| February 25, 2013
Posted on 02/25/2013 5:06:13 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement
But I’ll still be called a “Caucasian” right?
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:08:40 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Its actually one the options. it’s black,negro or african american.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:09:17 PM PST
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: ConservativeStatement
African American doesn’t work when you’re referring to race. Too many whites from various africa now in the US. They are more african-american than blacks who were born here.
To: Tzimisce
No, caucasian isn’t a choice. Only white
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:10:14 PM PST
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: ConservativeStatement; Fightin Whitey
Can we be called Fightin Whitey, and those other guys Indian Warriors?
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:11:18 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Due Process 2013: "Burn the M*****-F***er Down!")
To: ConservativeStatement
“Negro” very clearly describes a race
“Caucasian” very clearly describes a race
Black is ridiculous, as they are no more black than I am white. Pathetic that we’re still counting along racial lines.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:14:23 PM PST
by
laweeks
To: ConservativeStatement
"Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, census forms will use the more modern labels "black" or "African-American"." Was this a "term" that came into use during the DEMOCRAT Jim Crow era, or was it the beginning of the practice of identifying and labeling people by race or color?
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:14:34 PM PST
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Whatever we call them they will have a way to be offended by it. What will they call the tan Hybrids?
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:16:53 PM PST
by
Venturer
To: ConservativeStatement
Except for general information, why do we even need to know race? I thought the census was to determine how many people live in this country.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:18:24 PM PST
by
doc1019
(The rabbit hole that Obama is leading us down just gets deeper and deeper.)
To: ConservativeStatement
And I prefer my ethnic minority designation :Eastern European Caucasian and woe be the racist that calls me white ,especially a non-brat.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:18:38 PM PST
by
Cyman
To: morphing libertarian
African American is the STUPIDIST label for the black race, what the heck do you call a black that isn’t American?
lol
They are black, leave it at that. And Negro is simply simply spanish for black.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:19:38 PM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: ConservativeStatement
How bout we just call them American so neither party can figure out how to target them for campaigns?
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:20:15 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: ConservativeStatement
Is this from the Federal Department of Semantics ?
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:20:25 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Obama is the Chicken Little of politics)
To: doc1019
Exactly. There is no good reason for the census to include race or even sex anymore since neither of those factors have anything to do with determining population for the purposes of representation.
If anything it is just one more divisive thing used against the people as a whole, allowing politicians to scheme.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:28:13 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: ConservativeStatement
The supposedly most color blind nation on the planet has gone absolutely berserk identifying, classifying, catagorizing, triangulating, and pandering to by race, through questionaires, “civil rights” groups, hiring quotas, think tanks, scholarships, product endorsements, entertainment, and every other concievable venue into the public consciousness. We are literally drowning with the left’s race obsession in this country.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:29:34 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: laweeks
Pathetic that were still counting along racial lines.
No doubt our Democrat masters will soon co-opt DNA technology and mandate a full genome reading for each person so that the proper reparations can be meted out, and to quantify "From each according to his abilities" to sort people into their best social purposes whether it be NASA or the NBA.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:29:42 PM PST
by
Colinsky
To: ConservativeStatement
Are folks from Haiti or Jamaica African?
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:33:21 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: ConservativeStatement
I’m old enough to remember when ‘spade’ was the fashionable term to use.
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posted on
02/25/2013 5:34:01 PM PST
by
VR-21
To: ConservativeStatement
Will the United Negro College Fund be changing its name?
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