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U.S. Army apologizes, removes 'Negro' as acceptable term for black service members
The New York Daily News ^
| November 07, 2014
| Nina Golgowski
Posted on 11/09/2014 9:53:16 AM PST by Bettyprob
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To: Bettyprob
How do they classify sodomites, gender benders and pedophiles?
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:07:04 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Christie at the beach
Apparently the NAACP doesn’t consider “Colored People” offensive either.
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:07:57 AM PST
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: Bettyprob
It should be Negroid (or Congoid).
The term "African American" makes no sense. Africa is a place (and so is America) and is not a race. They don't have a place to check for "Irish American" or "Polish American", so why "African American"?
To: TADSLOS
"How do they classify sodomites, gender benders and pedophiles?"
Democrat Socialists?
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:08:51 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: eCSMaster
There was a stream near the town of Leavenworth, WA called “Nigger Creek”. I still have a road map old enough to show it. Turns out it was officially renamed “Negro Creek” some years back. I suppose it’s time to think about re-renaming it. That’s the sort of thing our our state legislature can handle. They aren’t good for much else.
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:09:08 AM PST
by
beelzepug
(You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
To: marsh2
Hear hear! Maybe one day these ethnic/racial categories will be dropped altogether. Of course, then the US govt will just think of other categories to use to keep us all divided.
In the meantime, since they’re counting, notice that the article states 21% of active-duty Army members are black. That’s 21% from a group that makes up only 12% of the population. I admit I’ve never heard that statistic before.
To: beelzepug
At some point the USGS renamed Whorehouse Meadow to Naughty Girl Meadow, or so I recall.
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:11:25 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Correct. And the neighboring Bullshit Springs became Bullshirt Springs.
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:12:17 AM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Cementjungle
I think they should get rid of using the African part.
We all are suppose to have allegiance to America. If not,
go live in another country that you feel allegiance to.
To: marsh2
We used this:
for coloring ghosts around Halloween....
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:14:34 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Stepan12
Negro or colored are better terms than black Well, I'm one of those 'Negros' folks are discussing, and I personally prefer the term, 'black'.
If Caucasoid people are going to be called 'white', it only makes sense to call Negroid people 'black'.
I'm perfectly comfortable with it.
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:16:44 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Publius
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:18:17 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
What is the point of skin color determination in the military anyway? I'd ask the same question of America as a whole. Remember 'the Great Melting Pot', and E Pluribus Unum?
I was taught those concepts from early childhood, and still subscribe to them.
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:18:46 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
I'd ask the same question of America as a whole. Remember 'the Great Melting Pot', and E Pluribus Unum? Now it's a "tossed salad".
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:19:26 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: Christie at the beach
I think they should get rid of using the African part. We all are suppose to have allegiance to America. If not, go live in another country that you feel allegiance to. Amen!
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:20:51 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
The use of White/Black certainly doesn't encompass all of the nuances (e.g H0lder) in between.
It's binarily decisive.
There's a reason why computers went to 24 million colors or more and only a few use "monochrome" monitors ('Rats not withstanding).
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:22:22 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: dfwgator
Now it's a "tossed salad". Oh yes...."diversity". What a great way to divide and conquer a united people.
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:22:39 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Paladin2
The use of White/Black certainly doesn't encompass all of the nuances (e.g H0lder) in between. It's binarily decisive. Heh....
My ancestry runs from Western Europe, Africa, and North America. I sometimes joke that I'm Neapolitan....as in ice cream :-)
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:24:13 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
The use of White/Black certainly doesn't encompass all of the nuances (e.g H0lder) in between.
It's binarily divisive.
There's a reason why computers went to 24 million colors or more and only a few use "monochrome" monitors ('Rats not withstanding).
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:24:39 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Bettyprob
The United Negro College Fund is not amused.
National Council of Negro Women is not amused.
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League is not amused.
Any others not amused?
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posted on
11/09/2014 11:31:12 AM PST
by
Jed Eckert
(Wolverines!!)
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