Posted on 01/18/2008 7:29:12 AM PST by flowerplough
... It's an issue the United Negro College Fund is addressing today … sort of. The 64-year-old organization isn't officially removing "Negro" from its name but rather is unveiling a new branding effort that will focus on the acronym "UNCF." A new logo was unveiled today and the group is refocusing attention to the group's universal catchphrase, "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste."
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By refocusing attention to the acronym, the UNCF follows the lead of the American Association of Retired Persons, which in 1999 legally changed its name to AARP to reflect that its focus had expanded beyond that of just American retirees and to capture more aging baby boomers.
The notion of making a name change for groups such as the NAACP and UNCF are more than simply symbolic. These organizations are seeking to remain relevant and urgently need to attract younger members.
Last year, DiversityInc posed a question to its readers: "Should the NAACP Change its Name?" Responses ran the gamut from readers who said the name had "historical significance" to "the NAACP has remained in a time zone of the '60's" to "It's not the name, it's the direction the organization is going in."
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So it's settled then..."NAACP" will hereafter change its name to "NAAPC".
Negro is sort of a 50’s expression, they need to move into the 70’s and call themselves the United Afro-American College Fund, then in twenty years they can call themselves the Black College Fund and then in 20 more years............
“Rearranging the deck chairs?”
.....I think so....in my area the public black colleges are being “integrated” by whites/Asians/Hispanics....the private black ones have money problems....the days of the purely all Negro college are fading....plus people are questioning the need....example: several years ago the need for a University of Washington,DC law school was raised....there are already 90,000 lawyers(not a typo)in Washington plus there are already 5 law schools there cranking out a fresh crop of attorneys every May...so why is another law school needed just for blacks?
I have an idea. Let’s call them “Americans.”
And a "jig" was a fixture for holding parts during manufacture and "dikes" were diagonal cutters (pliers), and an "RCH" was...oops, better not go there. Our PC world has sure messed up our language.
I was just about to ping the NC list for the same reason...good thing I read it through!
Lighten up America!
Kinky Friedman drew the wrath of the PC types for using the word "negro" while running for governor.
Last I checked KFC still actually fries chicken...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/21/ap/politics/mainD8K8UJLG0.shtml
Texas Candidate Accused of Racist Crack AUSTIN, Texas, Sep. 21, 2006
I remember sitting on a terrace overlooking the Via Veneto while sipping Negronis. Holy molies!
As a Person of Pallor, I agree...
I always check native American I was born here so why knot
NAAPC might fit the bill perfectly for that organization...
I will say that I do not like seeing the terms black or white used to label a person (as in “blacks” or “whites”). They can be referred to as “black people” or “white people” but they are beyond just a color.
NEGRO is ok... United Negro College Fund!
“The Chevy Chase/Richard Prior “Word Association” video”
...I remember that skit; I saw them do it...jeeze, if SNL were to do one like that today the FCC would pull them off the air....and you know the funny thing?....back then guys like Pryor and Flip Wilson had huge white audiances.....I don’t think there’s a black comedian today that’s as popular with the whole country.
Ah, yes, the smallest unit of measurement in the known universe
LOL. Better than Ecru-American, I suppose.
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