[Jose Mourinho]

Originally Posted by Robodog

Obama may not have personally put the word on the 2010 census but the previous administration did, which included Condoleeza Rice. Do you think SHE would have allowed a racist term to be used on the ethnicity background section??

And do you honestly think Obama would also have allowed it to be used on a national census if it was considered as racist as you make it out to be?

And do you honestly think the president of the US has no power to stop it, even if he thought it was that bad at the time?

Fact is - the word was used in an official, national capacity as recently as 2010. You cannot dispute that.

So however old fashioned the term may be, it was still CLEARLY not considered racist by the US government as recently as 2010 - or it simply would not have been used AT ALL.

It's been changed since. no one is disputing that. But it was there in 2010 whether you like it or not. That proves hands down that it was not considered racist in an official capacity in 2010. That's only a few years ago. So therefore any official declaration of it being a racist term is a relatively recent thing (ie - since 2010)

There is nothing to argue about. It was given the ok in 2010 by the US govt and it isn't now. That's it.

"Was" being the operative word.