{"id":323,"date":"2015-02-23T22:37:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T22:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=323"},"modified":"2015-03-04T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T18:02:33","slug":"army-manual-its-ok-to-use-negro-to-describe-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/army-manual-its-ok-to-use-negro-to-describe-blacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Army manual: It\u2019s OK to use \u2018Negro\u2019 to describe blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s embarassing to even write this, but it&#8217;s true. On November 6, 2014, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/nov\/6\/army-manual-its-ok-to-use-negro-to-describe-blacks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Times<\/a>\u00a0published the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;The U.S. Army has given its stamp of approval to the use of the term \u201cNegro\u201d when referring to blacks or African-Americans, a newly published regulation states. The military confirmed the use of the term in its Oct. 22 version of the \u201cArmy Command Policy,\u201d or AR 600-20&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t even believe this was still &#8220;on the books&#8221; so to speak. \u00a0Shortly after the spotlight went on the U.S. Army for the term, they promptly changed it.<\/p>\n<p>I filed an FOIA request for all documents, communication, etc. that related to the change. I wanted to take a sneak peek at what went on behind the scenes. I received the following:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/controversies\/600-20-ArmyChanges.pdf\">Army Communications Regarding\u00a0Army Regulation 600-20 Changes<\/a>\u00a0[ 30\u00a0Pages, 0.6MB ]<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/controversies\/600-20-ArmyChanges.pdf<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/controversies\/r600_20.pdf\">Army Regulation 600-20, 6 November 2014<\/a>\u00a0[ 140\u00a0Pages, 0.9MB ]<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/controversies\/r600_20.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s embarassing to even write this, but it&#8217;s true. 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