Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire New Army reg approves use of the word 'negro'

I don't know who approved this reg but I'm guessing their career is just about over.

Army Times

The latest version of the Army regulation governing the policies and responsibilities of command includes a section that states a soldier can be referred to as a �Negro� when describing black or African-American troops.

The Oct. 22 revision to AR 600-20, which covers �Army Command Policy,� was a �rapid action revision� covering only parts of the regulation, according to the summary of changes to the document.

The update covered a series of items, including the Army�s Ready and Resilient Campaign and additional guidance for the Army�s sexual harassment prevention program.

Reference to the word �Negro� appears in a section describing �race and ethnic code definitions,� as first reported by CNN.

Black or African-American personnel are described in the regulation as �a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as �Haitian� or �Negro� can be used in addition to �Black� or �African American,� the regulation states.

The racial definitions in the regulation are outdated, said Lt. Col. Justin Platt, an Army spokesman, in a statement.

The definitions are �currently under review and will be updated shortly,� he said. �The Army takes pride in sustaining a culture where all personnel are treated with dignity and respect and not discriminated against based on race, color, religion, gender and national origin.�

The Census Bureau stopped using the term �Negro� in 2013 after public feedback and research showed few black Americans still identify with being Negro and many view the term as �offensive and outdated,� The Associated Press reported.

Is being called "Caucasian" also �offensive and outdated,�?

I had an Lt once who's ethnicity was Jamaican. Dark as night and after living here for 35 years, still had a thick accent.

If you referred to him as African American or black, he'd put a beat down on you.

He did, however, happily accept the terms Negro and colored.

They're just words. If not being used in a derogatory manner, I don't think it should matter. Much more important things in life.

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means exactly what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many things."

"The question is", said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master--that's all."

Black people have always told me that they want to be called "black", not African American, and never "Negro".

"Negro" is Spanish for the color black. With all the Hispanics who don't speak English it makes prefect sense.

>>> The Army has dropped the word 'Negro' from it's regulations text in less than 24 hours since it came to light - with apologies! < < <

a rose by any other name is still a rose

And it still smells just as sweet.

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I bet a african american/person of african descent threw a tantrum and they changed it. White people should learn to throw tantrums better, we would get things to go our way more often.

African American offends me. You either are African or American and neither has anything to do with color. miles

African American does NOTHING to tell me a person's skin color, look at Badger.

I had a history teacher in college, black woman, that was discussing current events. There were riots going on in Paris, some blacks got roughed up or some shiet, I don't recall exactly.

Anyways she says the riots began because of a couple of African-American youths getting beat up.

I had to then ask, 'The youths were Americans visiting Paris?'

She replied 'I don't know, I think they were French'

To which I replied, 'Then why did you call them African-Americans?'

The stupefied look was priceless

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