U.S. government to stop using these words to refer to minorities

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091026-N-5549O-249 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 26, 2009) President Barack Obama delivers remarks to an audience of Sailors and Marines before introducing President Barack Obama during a visit to U.S. Naval Air Station Jacksonville. During his visit he also met with gold star families-families that have lost a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan, to personally thank them for their sacrifice. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien/Released)

The federal government will no longer use the terms “Negro” and “Oriental” after President Barack Obama signed a bill into law. The official terms will be African-American and Asian-American. Welcome to 2016. In a rare show of bipartisan support, the measure H.R.4238, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this year. Obama signed it into law Friday. The measure updates the terms the U.S. federal government uses to describe minorities, including American Indian to Native American and “Spanish…READ MORE

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