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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (35448)10/26/2001 9:55:12 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (5) of 82486
 
One quick example: A professor used the term "niggardly," in a lecture.

That's an interesting anecdote.

It reminds me of the incident that occurred in DC shortly after Anthony Williams began his term as mayor. A white man who had been active in Williams's campaign and then appointed to head the office that handled citizen complaints used the word in a meeting with his staff in the course of a discussion about the staff's budget. He was forced to resign. There was a huge flap. He eventually was offered his job back but thought he was too compromised to do it effectively.

Funny how common that archaic word became once PC became an issue.
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