Re: WAY-OT (Re: Political Correctness and the Writer)

Subject: Re: WAY-OT (Re: Political Correctness and the Writer)
From: Mark Wilden <Mark -at- MWILDEN -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 13:33:37 -0700

> From: Christopher Pickslay <chrispix -at- BIGFOOT -dot- COM>
>
> If you are outside a group to who a derogatory term refers, even if you
are
> not in a position of dominance over that group, your use of the term is
> symbolic of that dominance. Their use of the term is symbolic of their
> empowerment.

Well said. Consider Yankee!

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