Black Intel

We have to understand Reid’s words in context. While the word “Negro” might not be as PC as some like, it should not be thought of as a slur, particularly in the way Reid used it. Keep this in mind: There’s been a move from using the word “colored” to “Negro” to “Black,” and now to “African-American” to describe the descendants of African slaves in America.

Michael Eric Dyson ” This president runs from race like a Black man runs from the police”

“There is actual political science that backs that up,” said Ifill, who is black. “I don’t know that Harry Reid has read it, and what Harry Reid said was certainly impolitic, at least, but there is evidence to support that people – whether it is a matter of voting for a white candidate or voting for a black candidate – if a person is very much different than who they are, or what they perceive the mainstream to be, they are less likely to vote for that person.”

Question No. 9 on the form, which will be mailed out beginning March 15, asks: “What is Person 1’s race?” The answer choices are: “White; Black, African-American, or Negro; American Indian or Alaska Native.”