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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: michael97123 who wrote (399916)7/18/2008 7:04:11 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1577103
 
the n word was the colloquial southern version of the accepted word, negro. I am not certain of this but i dont think it was considered more derisive than any other description of black folks back in the south in that time.

My mom actually invented a new term -- "Niggra". Kind of a mix between "nigger" and "negro".

I didn't ever know any of my grandparents, but my wife's grandparents used the term "nigger" routinely -- and it was hidden when it was used. Anywhere in the country (including the North) you would have heard the term "nigger" used routinely only a few decades ago.

Jackson's little slip up is, I believe, simply an instance of Democrats doing what Democrats do best -- living one life in the public eye and quite another privately. It was reported this morning that while Al Gore was making a big speech about conservation, his limo was sitting outside with the engine running. This is really the same kind of two-faced behavior that so many Dems are so guilty of.

I found myself thinking today how sad it is that while Jesse Jackson used this term and gets a pass, Mark Fuhrman used it and his career was ended, AND a horrible murder walked out of a courtroom a free man as a result. There is truly no justice.
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