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Obama signs bill removing "Oriental" from federal laws
中译：欧巴马总统签署法案，删除联邦法律中的歧视字眼
（包含东方鬼Oriental跟黑鬼Negro）
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Rep. Grace Meng's bill eliminating outdated term for Asian Americans from
U.S. code.
As of last week, the words "Oriental" and "Negro" will no longer be part of
federal law.
On Friday, President Obama signed a bill eliminating the outdated racial
descriptors after the legislation passed unanimously in the House and Senate.
Yes, they were still on the books. Yes, this was a long time coming.
Obama Signs Bill Removing 'Oriental' and 'Negro' From Federal Laws
H.R.4238, sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), aimed to "modernize" two
references to "Orientals" and "Negros" in the U.S. Code governing public
health, social welfare and civil rights, dating back to the 1970s. The words
will be replaced with "Asian Americans" and "African Americans,"
respectively.
Rep. Meng introduced the bill in December, and it passed the House easily in
February. It reached the president's desk last week after the Senate
unanimously approved it on Monday.
Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)
"The term 'Oriental' has no place in federal law and at long last this
insulting and outdated term will be gone for good," Meng said in a statement.
"No longer will any law of the United States refer to Asian Americans in such
an offensive way, and I applaud and thank President Obama for signing my bill
to get rid of this antiquated term.
"Many Americans may not be aware that the word 'Oriental' is derogatory,"
Meng added. "But it is an insulting term that needed to be removed from the
books, and I am extremely pleased that my legislation to do that is now the
law of the land."
Other terms that are affected by the law include "Spanish-speaking," which
will become "Hispanic"; "Indian," which will become "Native American"; and
"Eskimo" and "Aleut," which will become "Alaska Natives."
Rep. Meng led a similar effort when she was a member of the New York State
Legislature in 2009, successfully passing legislation into law that
eliminated the use of "Oriental" in all official New York State documents.
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【备注心得】
在twitter上，从美国朋友那边看来的，原来就算是美国，现在仍然在持续进行转型正义。