"Ancestors" [was: Jesse Jackson wants to ban "N-word"]

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/28/2006 10:55 PM, Bapopik wrote:
>"We  want to give our ancestors a
>Christmas present," Jackson said at a news  conference. "Dignity
>over degradation."

Another case of "ancestors" = "descendants"?  Or perhaps Jackson's
religious rites include the giving of presents to the dead.

Joel

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