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To: rktman

We now know that “niggardly” is clearly a racist word, (first known use: circa 1600 according to Merriam Webster).


20 posted on 03/03/2015 7:56:41 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: windsorknot
We now know that 'niggardly' is a racist word

Also the names of certain nations in the world.

A relative of mine works for an international seed processing company. They had to change their packaging...

..when black dockworkers began literally throwing the birdseed overboard because they took the labeling as a slur.


36 posted on 03/03/2015 8:10:54 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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