Obama signs measure striking &#8216;oriental&#8217; and &#8216;negro&#8217; from federal law

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

But the longer I spent at that university, the more of them I ran into. People who confused having an “interest” in Indigenous culture with “going full redface.” We organized a student pow-wow and some of the attendees had clearly studied at the Grey Owl School of Indian fakery. They showed up with feathers in their hair and introduced themselves with names like, “Running Wolf.” I remember that name very clearly because it belonged to a man well over three hundred pounds and I remember cattily whispering that a better name would have been: “Sedentary Wolf.”

Dawn Dumont, “That’s What She Said: Red-face,” Eagle Feather News, August 2, 2005. http://eaglefeathernews.com/opinion/index.php?detail=1458.

Obama signs measure striking ‘oriental’ and ‘negro’ from federal law

Obama signs measure striking ‘oriental’ and ‘negro’ from federal law

The Hill
2016-05-20

Jordan Fabian, White House Correspondent

President Obama has signed legislation striking outdated racial terms such as “Oriental” and “Negro” from federal laws.

Obama signed the bill without fanfare on Friday along with six other pieces of legislation, the White House said…

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