So what is a negro exactly? According to the dictionary....
Ne·gro
1. Anthropology . a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, esp. those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa: no longer in technical use.
–adjective
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, generally marked by brown to black skin pigmentation, dark eyes, and woolly or crisp hair and including esp. the indigenous peoples of Africa south of the Sahara.
3. being a member of the black peoples of humankind, esp. those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
So why are people (like myself) upset by this absurd question on the 2010 Census.... because it is bullshit. Tell me right now... what is the difference between Black, African American and Negro? What would a Dominican Republican choose? Or a Brazilian?
Oh and I like how they give 'Asian Indian' as an option and then say 'Asian Other'.... I like that other can be everything else in that huge continent. When I received my census form I refused to check a box, and instead wrote a friendly note stating "I am not a box, I am not one race. I am multiracial and wont to be recognized as so. I am Jamaican and I am Italian. I am Both equally". One week later I received another Census form, apparently the didn't like my answer. I wrote "F this" on it and mailed it back blank.
Its not that I am against the idea of the census... I support the cause. I just don't agree with the wording of the question. If I was in charge of the Census I would ask 3 questions:
1. How many people in your household?
2. Annual household income.
3. Are you a natural born citizen or did you immigrate here? If a immigrant, what country did you immigrate from _______?
I think where you were born is more important than what the color of your skin is. After all...
When I born, I Black...
When I grow up, I Black...
When I go in Sun, I Black...
When I scared, I Black..
When I sick, I Black..
And when I die,I still black...
And you White fellow..
When you born, you pink..
When you grow up, you White...
When you go in Sun, you Red..
When you cold, you blue...
When you scared, you yellow..
When you sick, you Green...
And when you die, you Gray...
And you call me colored??
