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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (35448)	10/25/2001 7:49:10 PM
From: Michael M	Respond to of 82486

My hero!

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (35448)	10/26/2001 9:55:12 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to 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.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (35448)	10/28/2001 6:20:02 PM
From: E	Respond to of 82486

Re "niggardly." There have been a number of such cases. The one I think got the most publicity involved an aide to the mayor of D.C.. The hapless miscreant offered the mayor his resignation. (And the mayor immediately accepted it!-- though fortunately the man got rehired later.) There was also a case involving complaints about a Drama professor at Arizona State who used the word, and a similar case involving a professor at Wisconsin. I was told by a group of faculty and students at a New York college of irate complaints being made about their school newspaper having used the expression "a chink in his armor." The outrage was at the insult to Chinese students. The paper, as its response, simply quoted the dictionary's definition of the word 'chink.' This created even more trouble. I believe it was considered patronizing.