CENSUS - Black, African Am, or...NEGRO???????

self ^ | 03/24/10 | American Dream 246

[American Dream 246]

Wow...I thought that language was offensive but it is in Obama census - so please enlight me here - what is a "negro"???

[American Dream 246]

Sorry - not an excerpt - I hit the wrong button. That was all I had to ask.

[Vigilanteman]

It is a poor attempt to offer three flavors of chocolate with one check box. Pity the white guys who are only offered one flavor of vanilla and one check box.

[robomatik]

from the latin word negrum, which means “black”

[nhoward14]

Needy Ethnic Group Representing Obama

[humblegunner]

what is a "negro"???

Well, I'm clean, articulate, light skinned and have no negro dialect.

I'll be one if they sends me some money!

[OafOfOffice]

Obama had them place that because he has it on his fake BC?

Some of those on my twitter list were outraged when they got their census and saw that. They confronted Obama about it. WTH is negro, Obama?

Most replied to them to place American.

[American Dream 246]

from the latin word negrum, which means “black”

I agree with that so why is black already there and why did thy feel the need to add "negro"...man...is it even worse than before or what??? It does not make any sense - or you say negro right upfront so then no need to say black. What is wrong with that picture? Really weird.

[svcw]

A Negro is someone who is not a Caucasian or Asian (previously know as Mongoloid). (Ok, you knew that. It was a rhetorical question, huh?)

[DallasDeb]

Negro is an anthropologic term describing a race of people, just like Caucasian or Oriental. It was never considered an offensive term. All of the school forms and applications for credit or employment had those terms on them. (You, know, back in the Dark Ages.)

[American Dream 246]

rhetorical question for sure - since black and African Am are already there...I am talking purely race here so your reply is good - their verbiage is really really weird - it's like they have a special breed as "negro" but don't want to call blacks or African Am negros - so who are the negros??? And where is the "outrage" ??? Nobody called that racism yet?

But sorry to repeat myself - who are the negros now?

[rfp1234]

The Senseless Bureau is using the word “Negro” because it’s Spanish for “black”. They evidently expect a lot of non-English speaking respondents.

[packrat35]

I always just mark “Other”

[Sherman Logan]

Actually probably from Spanish/Portugese “negro.”

Of course, these both come from the Latin. “Niger” not “negrum.”

All meaning black.

[Sherman Logan]

This has been discussed elsewhere.

The theory is that many older melanin-enhanced people use the term to refer to themselves. The question is one of self-identification.

[SUSSA]

You are right!! Too few people know this any more.

On my census for race I checked other and wrote in HUMAN.

That’s the only question I answered besides how many people live here.

[robomatik]

wow! you’re right. i guess my memory has faded after 25 years of not taking latin. :)

[Yaelle]

If it’s all about skin color, what do you check if your skin is spotted?

[American Dream 246]

On my census for race I checked other and wrote in HUMAN.

I did exactly that also and put N/A for birth date etc... just my name - number of person - human. That's it.