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Re: English for Asian readers/possibly offensive terms
Subject:Re: English for Asian readers/possibly offensive terms From:Vicki Rosenzweig <murphy!acmcr!vr -at- UUNET -dot- UU -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 23 Dec 1993 14:10:35 EST
Calm down. He put the term "niggers" in quotes, referring to the
fact (which I happen to consider unfortunate, but it is a fact)
that some black people will address each other, casually, as
"nigger" even though they would be justifiably angry if any non-black
person were to use that term. And please, you don't need to shout at
us all.
Vicki Rosenzweig
vr%acmcr -dot- uucp -at- murphy -dot- com
New York, NY
