Posted on 05/21/2016 9:24:51 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
President Obama signed into law today a measure to replace references to minorities considered offensive -- such as "oriental" and "negro" from federal law.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, is an effort to "modernize terms relating to minorities," replaces a slew of terms in a public health law written in the late 1970's with terms are considered more politically correct today.
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Pal, you’ve just scratched the surface here! George Carlin has the comprehensive list.
I was getting tired of all the government officials’ talking about “spear-chuckers.”
A law? Did I miss Congress passing this?
Whats the Trigglypuff term for non-american negro?
Next time somebody asks me my race I’m just going to tell them ‘200 meter high hurdles’.
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