[Tzimisce]

But I’ll still be called a “Caucasian” right?

[autumnraine]

Its actually one the options. it’s black,negro or african american.

[morphing libertarian]

African American doesn’t work when you’re referring to race. Too many whites from various africa now in the US. They are more african-american than blacks who were born here.

[Uncle Miltie]

Can we be called Fightin Whitey, and those other guys Indian Warriors?

[laweeks]

“Negro” very clearly describes a race
“Caucasian” very clearly describes a race

Black is ridiculous, as they are no more black than I am white. Pathetic that we’re still counting along racial lines.

[Baynative]

"Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, census forms will use the more modern labels "black" or "African-American"."

Was this a "term" that came into use during the DEMOCRAT Jim Crow era, or was it the beginning of the practice of identifying and labeling people by race or color?

[Venturer]

Whatever we call them they will have a way to be offended by it. What will they call the tan Hybrids?

[doc1019]

Except for general information, why do we even need to know race? I thought the census was to determine how many people live in this country.

[Cyman]

And I prefer my ethnic minority designation :Eastern European Caucasian and woe be the racist that calls me white ,especially a non-brat.

[cripplecreek]

How bout we just call them American so neither party can figure out how to target them for campaigns?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Is this from the Federal Department of Semantics ?

[SpaceBar]

The supposedly most color blind nation on the planet has gone absolutely berserk identifying, classifying, catagorizing, triangulating, and pandering to by race, through questionaires, “civil rights” groups, hiring quotas, think tanks, scholarships, product endorsements, entertainment, and every other concievable venue into the public consciousness. We are literally drowning with the left’s race obsession in this country.

[mylife]

Are folks from Haiti or Jamaica African?

[VR-21]

I’m old enough to remember when ‘spade’ was the fashionable term to use.

[GreenHornet]

Will the United Negro College Fund be changing its name?

[Revolting cat!]

I have a friend from Iowa, a farm boy, whom I call Agro-American.

[Paladin2]

Note that JF'nK's wife is an African-American.

There is no guarantee that the label "African-American" can guarantee a skin color, just sayin'.

[doc1019]

So, which box will Obama check, considering this ethnic heritage?

[Revolting cat!]

What will they call now King Creole?

[RoosterRedux]

And you must refer to terrorists and muslims as asians or, preferably...as Yoots.

You may apply the same rule to AA's etc.

Yoots or Yutes...whichever is more comfy (comfier?).