Obama signs measure striking 'oriental' and 'negro' from federal law

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[Sub-Driver]

May 20, 2016, 05:11 pm Obama signs measure striking 'oriental' and 'negro' from federal law

By Jordan Fabian

President Obama has signed legislation striking outdated racial terms such as “Oriental” and “Negro” from federal laws.

Obama signed the bill without fanfare on Friday along with six other pieces of legislation, the White House said.

The measure sailed through Congress unopposed, a rare example of bipartisan agreement in an election year. It reached the president’s desk after the Senate unanimously approved it on Monday. It passed the House easily in February.

“The term ‘Oriental’ has no place in federal law and at long last this insulting and outdated term will be gone for good,” the author of the bill, Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), said in a statement Friday.

Two sections in the U.S. Code written in the 1970s governing public health and civil rights attempted to define minority groups by using the outdated terms.

[Sub-Driver]

Makes me feel better already...........

[headstamp 2]

Now on to some slightly more serious issues.......

[Oldeconomybuyer]

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[ThomasThomas]

But I like oriental food.

[ColdOne]

Amazing....so won’t the new words they use just be the same thing? Oriental to lets say flower.............then that word they use to replace will still mean the same thing.

[chajin]

The attack on oriental is no occident.

[eyeamok]

Thank God Congress is doing the Important work that needs to be done for America.

Gimme a frikkin break, quisling bastards are sitting around fiddling while America Burns.

[WKUHilltopper]

Oooo...scary words. FUObama

[US_MilitaryRules]

What about white?

[ColdOne]

Since when has the word Oriental been insulting? Negro....well they are upset about everything.

[Nita Nupress]

When do we ban the word “caucasian?” (e.g., cock ASIAN)

That’s full of gender bias and it’s racist.

[ColdOne]

with six other pieces of legislation..............anyone know what they were?

[BJ1]

Does the United Negro College Fund get federal monies? If so, now what?

[Sopater]

Obama signs measure striking 'oriental' and 'negro' from federal law

What about 'whitey'?

[Rio]

Get 'em before they're ILLEGAL:

[cloudmountain]

The attack on oriental is no occident.

Two-thirds of a pun: P ... U!

[morphing libertarian]

can someone direct me to the proper term for the race in which the members have dark skin? I am not asking about a geographic or nationality designation but a racial designation.

Thank you.

PS: A friend of a white African-American.

[Thibodeaux]

the colored boy in the White House is a permanent stain on American history

[elpadre]

I never realized those were hated terms. That went through under the radar - caught me by surprise, which means it must be controversial - news to me.

[MeganC]

So no more Oriental flavor ramen?