Welcome to the year of political correctness.
The federal government will no longer be using the terms “negro” and “oriental” to describe individuals.President Barack Obama signed a bill into law which received bipartisan support and passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this year.
As reported by CNN, the measure updates the terms the federal government uses to describe minorities, including American Indian and Native American and “Spanish speaking individual of Spanish descent” to Hispanic.
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The bill had 76 cosponsors, including 51 members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. One of the original cosponsors included Rep. Ed Royce, a California Republican.
Royce had the following to say in a statement:
Our country is a rich tapestry of cultural backgrounds, and Americans of all backgrounds deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
