The term "Negro" is largely considered to be outdated. Others believe it is both that and offensive. 

According to NPR, the Trump administration is considering moving forward with a proposal to remove "Negro" from the federal standards enforced by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The ethnicity data regulated by this agency is used for a number of things including drawing legislative districts, enforcing civil rights laws and measuring health effects. 

But, let's back it up for some quick history. 

Census takers used to determine a person's race and the 1890 census made a point to "distinguish between blacks, mulattoes, quadroons and octoroons."

"The word 'black' should be used to describe those persons who have three-fourths or more black blood; 'mulatto,' those persons who have from three-eighths to five-eighths black blood; 'quadroon,' those persons who have one-fourth black blood; and 'octoroon,' those persons who have one-eighth or any trace of black blood," noted the 1890 census.

In the 1900 census, "Negro" was added as a modern distinction at the time. However, in 2013, the Census Bureau decided to remove the term from its surveys and former President Barack Obama signed a 2016 law to replace the term with "African American" in an effort to "modernize" the 1970s-era laws.

A 2010 Census Bureau report noted that keeping the term may deter African American and black identifying people from answering the question. "Due to the tremendous concern over this archaic term remaining on the questionnaire," wrote researchers, "there is no reason to continue to use it."

However, "Negro" isn't officially banned from federal forms today. It's still unknown as to when the White House will reach its decision to completely ban the term, despite the agency's previous Dec. 1 deadline.

"There is a very clear consensus that the obsolete term 'Negro' should be eliminated," wrote Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League in a statement. "We urge the administration to proceed immediately, keeping the fairness and accuracy of the census at the forefront of concern."