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As you can see, it lists Black, African American, and Negro. They're covering the bases just in case there are old-fashioned people out there I guess.
Yeah, the word is quite archaic and even insulting to some. Think of the words Negroid, Negress, and Jewess, etc.---all quite archaic and probably offensive.
You get the same issue with the indigenous peoples in North America. It isn't clear what they prefer to use to identify them, and many don't care. However, you get Native American, First Nations, etc. And within certain peoples, you get issues. For example, the Inuit are no longer called Eskimos, and the various peoples of Asia are no longer considered Oriental.
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