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But it's question No. 9 that's getting a lot of attention. It asks about race, and one option is "Black, African American or Negro."

"Why not leave it as African American? I think that would be more appropriate," said University of Arkansas at Fort Smith sociology professor Lonnie Watts.
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"Can a word or the use of a word be racist? Yes, it can," Watts said. "Words can hurt. Words can cut deeper than the sharpest knife."

The U.S. Census Bureau said the word "negro" has been on the questionnaire since 1950. They said it's not intended to offend anyone, but to be inclusive.

In 2000 they said more than 50,000 people -- a majority from the South -- wrote in word "negro" under "other race" despite it being listed on the form.
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Obviously it's not intended to offend anyone but people can still get butthurt over a simple word that tens of thousands refer to themselves as.

It's funny how they want to get rid of "Negro" while "Black" was considered a derogatory term in the in the 19th and early 20th century.

The race hustlers can't find any real grievances and have to make up absurd complaints to stay in business.

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stupid spaniards

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I don't consider myself to be "black". To me, the word black is just a color. If I were to be judged by a color, "brown" would have been a better choice of word.

And I don't consider myself to be a "negro". To me, the word negro only derives from the word nigger. (Or vice-versa). So I would be offended if someone called me a "negro". Not to mention that it is a very dated term for people of color.

So the US Census can kiss my ass.

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Cool story bro.

Also, since when were you what you considered yourself?

Obviously CherryxBomb isn't "African-American" since her family is Jamaican and Jamaica is not Africa. But claiming you're not a Negro because you don't like the word is nonsense.

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Who needs a dictionary when they can make up their own definitions?

Also, since when were you what you considered yourself?

Obviously CherryxBomb isn't "African-American" since her family is Jamaican and Jamaica is not Africa. But claiming you're not a Negro because you don't like the word is nonsense.

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But claiming I am a negro just because you only believe that I am is also nonsense. And who are we to decide what the proper titles for each ethnicity are?

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Cool story bro.

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But claiming I am a negro just because you only believe that I am is also nonsense.

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And who are we to decide what the proper titles for each ethnicity are?

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"Black, African-American, or Negro" would instead be Negroid.
"White or Caucasian" would be Caucasoid.
"Asian or Pacific Islander" would be Mongoloid.
Etc.

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A bit hypocritical calling people retards, no?

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And still waiting for those lovers of Spanish to admit the US Census is Hispanic lol

Post edited at 8:09 pm on Feb. 8, 2010 by jakelong

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Origin:  
1545-55; < Sp and Pg negro black < L nigrum, masc. acc. of niger black

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[Spanish and Portuguese negro, black, Black person, from Latin niger, nigr-, black; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.]
Ne'gro adj.

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For the clueless Sp and Pg means Spanish and Portugese

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Negro

"member of a black-skinned race of Africa," 1555, from Sp. or Port. negro "black," from L. nigrum (nom. niger) "black," of unknown origin. Use with a capital N- became general early 20c. (e.g. 1930 in "New York Times" stylebook) in ref. to U.S. citizens of African descent, but because of its perceived association with white-imposed attitudes and roles the word was ousted late 1960s in this sense by Black (q.v.).

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/negro

Note that NOWHERE does it say it originates from "negroid"....But hey keep the lies-acoming

Post edited at 8:43 pm on Feb. 8, 2010 by jakelong

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For the clueless Sp and Pg means Spanish and Portugese

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Note that NOWHERE does it say it originates from "negroid"....But hey keep the lies-acoming

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2. Guess that means all those hypcroites whining that we are speaking too many foreign languages and not enough english are getting bitten in their ass.

3. NOWHERE can I find that it has the SAME MEANING as negroid

Negro means black period. From 18th century to 1960 it was considred a term to refer from sub sahara Africa. But nowhere does it say it has the SAME MEANING as negroid

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