Posted on 11/06/2014 2:59:25 PM PST by DogByte6RER
‘Negro’ is an acceptable term for black soldiers, U.S. Army says
• Color it a confusing command update. One military official says using the word to describe ‘a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa’ might be for people who prefer to refer to themselves this way. But another calls it ‘the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
What year is it again?
Army regulations still allow for black soldiers to be labeled Negro — a term that faded in the late 1960s.
The archaic policy was spelled out as recently as Oct. 22, when the Army issued an update to some of its command procedures. But the review failed to strike the term from its books.
Negro is an acceptable classification for “a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa,” according to section 6-2 of the Army’s AR 600–20 regulations.
The same clause — part of the Army’s equal opportunity policy — also gives the OK to use “Haitian” in addition to the more common black or African-American.
The Army said it didn’t know how long the paragraph had been in its directives. It could stretch back decades.
A spokesman said Wednesday that a change was already in the works.
“The racial definitions in AR600-20 . . . are outdated, currently under review, and will be updated shortly,” Lt. Col. Alayne Conway said.
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What about 'Buffalo Soldier'?
Somehow, this is going to cause street riots. I just know it.
Well, if they’re going to make Spanish the official language of the US military, they’re going to have to accept the word, “negro.”
>> Somehow, this is going to cause street riots.
Of course!
Streets + negroes* => street riots.
Breathing air => street riots.
Anything => street riots.
Everything => street riots.
* I can say that word now, right?
Just-Us Brothers will be there soon enough
National Association of Negro Businesses
Natiional Association of Negro Musicians
And the moneyshot: National Negro Bar Association.
Words mean stuff.
United Negro College Fund weigh in on this?
How about the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People?
Negro, black, Black, colored, Afro-American, African-American, African American - why all the fuss over a name? Why not fix the problems instead? The Klan party is working hard to keep black people down, as they have for their entire history, but it would be simple to remove the government incentives that destroy black families, and that would allow them to succeed on merit rather than by whining about being victims. I’m disgusted by the racists (black and white) who profit by exploiting blacks who are being harmed so severely by liberal policies.
Caucasians have never demanded a new description every year since the 60's, so why should anyone else need it?
I think anyone wouldn’t mind whatever name is used so long as it is intended to be respectful, regardless of the period of the term.
I’d be pissed if I were black and someone called me “African”. I am white and would be pissed if someone called me “Irish” or “British”, my two heritages. I am an American and neither Irish nor British are my race.
I figure if a group wants to be called a certain thing, I’m willing to make that change once in my life.
So, in the ‘70s it was a big request by the Black community: They wanted to be called “Black”.
Okay. I can do that.
Now they want to be called “African American?” I refuse. Indeed, I suspect they want the change because their collective behavior has been so bad they left a stink on “Black.”
Kinda like “Liberal” and now “Progressive”. I’m waiting for their next branding exercise since 0bama has put such a stink on “Progressive.”
Kind of like white, caucasian, cracka, european, whitey.
I am offended.
I like to call them soldiers.
"To tell the family secret, my grandmother was Dutch."
Negro is not a bad word. Whoever says it is is a racist.
Can somebody remind us again... why is the word BLACK acceptable but not NEGRO ( which means BLACK in Spanish )?
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