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To: 11th Earl of Mar

I got off the bus at "black." Yes, I know, they're not exactly "black." And I'm even less "white." But we know what we mean.

If hyphens are insisted on, then I want a few, too. But I think we're a 'way too hyphenated society.

Dan


123 posted on 01/17/2005 5:21:38 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: BibChr

I think one problem may be that us "white" Southerners get in trouble when we try to say "Negro". It's liable to come out wrong no matter how we try, even if no offense is intended. By the way, in print, newspapers and even respected fiction, that word was never capitalized until fairly recent times as I recall, indicating that it was more of an adjective than a nationality.


130 posted on 01/17/2005 5:44:52 AM PST by 19th LA Inf
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