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United States: The federal government will no longer use the terms “Negro” and “Oriental”

May 23, 2016

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President Obama signs bill modernizing racial language The federal government will no longer use the terms “Negro” and “Oriental” H.R.4238 was unanimously passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate earlier in 2016. President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 4238 on May 20, 2016 which amends two federal acts from the […]

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