- [Narrator] On the next few slides, we will cover terms for race, ethnicity and national origin. Collectively as a group we represent NDI, however, NDI has a number of projects happening simultaneously and all have different materials and tools that come out of them. As a team, we should practice uniformity around the language we use and as a result these are the terms that we have determined that are the best to use when completing our work. According to a 2021 research study by Gallup most black Americans, 58% do not have a preference between the terms black and African American. When asked which term they would rather people use to describe their racial group, 17% said they would rather African American, 17% said that they would rather black, 6% identified another term they would rather and 2% had no opinion. In front of you, you'll find a graph with findings from 1991 through 2019 from Gallup that shows about 30 years ago people within this demographic most did not have a preference between African American and black which is similar to what we are seeing currently. It also indicates that between the years of 1995 and 2012, most preferred the term African American. But then there was some shifts that happened, you'll also see that between the years of 2013 and 2019 that there were no term that stood out more than the other. It was pretty much an even playing field for both. In the current 2021 Gallup finding survey, it was the first time that Gallup went back and asked a follow up question to the black respondents who did not have a preference whether they leaned towards one term over the other, if they absolutely had to choose. Black Americans were fairly mixed on the question, there was a slight preference for people to pick black which came in at 52% over African American which came in at 44%. Although they went back there was still 4% of black Americans who could not make a decision either way. Here are a few things to consider. African American and black are not always interchangeable depending on an individual's preference, when referring to a larger group use the term black. It is not appropriate to add an S to the word black making it blacks. The term colored people is not acceptable. People of color is acceptable, however, black is the best term when you're talking about this specific demographic, here are some examples. Our research shows that blacks with a disability have a net worth of $1,282, this is incorrect because it used the term blacks. Here's how you would say it correctly, our research shows that people with a disability who are also black have a net worth of $1,282. Here are some other things I would like for you to consider, you should never use the term colored people or any of the N words because all are rooted in hate and are normally equated to the degradation or violence against black people. Let's turn our attention to Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander, also known as AAPI. I'm gonna give you a little background, according to API which is Asian Pacific Institute on gender based violence, Asians and Pacific Islanders were grouped together by the United States government classification as an intentional community based strategy to build coalitions with one another. The term Asian and Pacific Islander includes all people of Asian, Asian American or Pacific Islander ancestry who trace their origins to the country, states, jurisdictions and or territory communities of those geographic regions. Asian refers to people from countries that are far east Southeast Asia or Indian subcontinents or describes people of Asian descent. Pacific Islander includes native Hawaiians, Samoans, Guamanians, Fijians, and other people of the Pacific Island nations. You wanna use Asian and Pacific Islander when referring to a group, but try to be specific when possible, for example, use Korean instead of Asian if you're talking to or about people who are from Korea. Likewise, you wanna use Hawaiian instead of Pacific Islander if you are talking to or about people who are from Hawaii. Here are some examples in a sentence, our research not able to identify how poverty affected Asians due to COVID-19, this is incorrect because they're only specifying one particular group within this, they're talking about one subgroup within this huge group, not what they really wanted to say. What they wanted to say was research could not identify how poverty affected the Asian and Pacific Islander community due to COVID-19, this is correct because it's more inclusive and it brings everyone that they're talking about, this particular demographic into the conversation. Before I start this slide, I wanna preference it by saying people of color includes the following communities, African American, Asian American, Native American Pacific Islander, multiracial Americans and some Latino Americans. Black, indigenous and people of color also known as BIPOC. BIPOC calls special attention to a wider range of groups that have historically experienced systemic racism. When you use the word BIPOC, you're inadvertently avoiding terms that could be seen as degrading or stigmatizing like marginalized, minorities, undocumented and there's also a few others. When using the term BIPOC ensure that you're talking about the broad range of people otherwise use the specific race that you're talking about in your statement. So if your statement is not about African American and Asian American and Native American, Pacific Islanders, multiracial Americans and some Latino Americans then BIPOC is not the term you should be using, you should just use the exact race that you're talking about. Here's an example, US government agencies have acknowledged that some policies are rooted in racism and caused barriers for BIPOC communities, this is correct because they identified that all of those communities that I listed previously has been affected by some of their policies. Here is the same statement, but not written as well. US government agencies have acknowledged that some policies are rooted in racism and caused barriers for blacks and other minorities. The reason this particular statement is incorrect is one, they used the term blacks, which we talked about in the previous slide, but it says other minority groups. Who is the other minority groups? Who are they exactly talking about? No one knows and it's open to our own interpretation which is not a safe space to be in. So this is why that particular term or that particular sentence is incorrect. Now we're gonna turn our attention to the Hispanic Americans, according to Gallup 2021 findings Hispanic American preferred the racial term Hispanic with 23% of the vote. Latino came in at 15%, Latinx at a mere 4%. 57% stated that the term does not matter and 1% identified with another term. Gallup decided to go back to the Hispanic Americans who could not make a decision during the initial survey to find out if they absolutely had to choose which term would they prefer? Is it Hispanic, Latino, Latinx? And here's what the results came out to be, of those, 57% indicated that they would rather go with Hispanic, 37% indicated they would go with Latino, 5% said that they would go with Latinx and 2% still had no opinion either way. Hispanic, Latino, Latina and Latinx. These three terms have been used to identify people whose backgrounds and heritage is from a Spanish speaking country or one that has been colonized by Spain. So let's break this down on how they differ. Hispanic is a term tied to language, it refers to Spanish speaking countries. Then you have the term Latino, Latina is tied to a geographic region, much of what was colonized by Spain, and Latinx is a more progressive term and it's also the newer term but it's known to be gender neutral. When referring to a group use the term Hispanic, Latino or Latinx as these are the most inclusive. I know, Shajira, that's like three or four terms and I get it, but recently there has been a lot of conversation around the best term to use for the Hispanic and Latino communities and who's having these conversations is the people within this community. So since there's an ongoing debate within those, within that particular community, it's harder for any of us who is not within that group to make a decision, we have to wait until that group lets us know. Until then we will proceed with the term that is most used and still viable today which is Hispanic, Latino or Latina, and if you wanna just be gender neutral, Latinx. Here are some examples, the Hispanic or Latino or Latinx population in the United States is growing, that's a correct statement. What you should not say is, the Spanish population in the United States is growing, that's wrong because Spanish is the language, it is not who the person or the community is. LGBTQIA+. LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual. The plus includes all other non hetero CIS normative identities not included within the LGBTQIA acronym. In some settings but not all the A can stand for ally, pay attention to the audience when using this term. Here are some examples, it is said that individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community experience higher rates of myriad types of victimization including in healthcare settings, that's correct. It is said that individuals from the LGBTQ+ community experience high rates of myriad types of victimization including in healthcare settings, that's also correct. As you can see, both examples are correct. I had a great conversation with the policy director at the National LGBTQ Task Force located in Washington DC. And I was informed that from their findings, from their surveys and talking to numerous individuals within their community that LGBTQIA+ is the most inclusive term and that the people within this community will really appreciate seeing this term used rather than the more widely known terms like LGBT. She said that LGBTQ+ is still a good term because the plus adds in some more identities that weren't identified before but using LGBTQIA+ is the best. So we've decided to go with LGBTQIA+. Native American, American Indian, Alaska Native refers to a person having origins in any of the original people in North or South America who maintains cultural identifications through tribal affiliation or community attachment. Some groups will rather the term American Indian but Native American is more commonly used, do not use the term Indian when referring to Native Americans, Indian should only be used when discussing people from India. Currently there is discussion on whether Native American, American Indian or Alaska Native is the more inclusive term, there are discussions on using the term first people or first American instead. For now, the best term to use is Native American or American Indian or Alaska native. Here are some examples, there were not enough Indians to participate in the last US Census, incorrect because you should not be using the term Indian or Indians because it doesn't, we're not talking about people from India. A better way of saying this is not enough Native Americans participated in the last US Census, that is absolutely correct.