U.S. Army Finally Catches Up with the 21st Century on the Word 'Negro'

(Source: REUTERS/U.S. Army/Sgt. Seandale Jackson)

The U.S. Armed Forces employs some of the bravest men and women in the world. Don’t believe us? You take your gun to a country whose name no one can pronounce.

While most of America applauds those heroes daily, the PRNewserverse needs to call one branch out for not being too terribly with it on the domestic perception front — the U.S. Army.

Late last week, a published Army regulation held that superiors could use the word “Negro” to refer to “black or African-American” personnel.

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