Uh-oh!
(And this was written back in January of this year)
“Even though ‘Negro’ was on previous census forms, and despite the approval of its use this year by the bureau’s African American Advisory Committee, demands are flying to ditch the forms and print new ones.
With questionnaires scheduled to be sent out March 1, that is not likely to happen. But the bureau has agreed to send out about 30,000 questionnaires without the word to test the response.
‘Negro’ has remained on the form because the population counters kept getting forms back with the word written in — more than 55,000 in the 2000 Census — even though it was included as one of the selections. That suggested that some blacks still preferred the term and had not noticed it as a third choice.” (more…)
