FWIW: NYC Council and "n-word"

[Wilson Gray]

Yeah, right. Like there's any reason to believe that that's going to
work. He just wanted to see his name in print.

-Wilson

On 1/12/07, bapopik at aol.com <bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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>  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/487987p-410915c.html
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> Pol says let's nix the N-word in city
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> A Queens city councilman is on a mission to abolish the N-word.
> Democrat Leroy Comrie is so disgusted by the rampant use of the racial epithet that he has submitted a resolution to the Council calling for the "symbolic moratorium on the use of the N-word in New York City."
> "Stop using the N-word," Comrie (D-Jamaica) demanded yesterday. "It's racist, it's negative, it's demeaning. It boils my blood, the usage, even in a personal tone between people."
> Comrie said the resolution will be formally introduced to the Council Feb. 1, the first day of Black History Month.
> "The timing is right," he said. "Monday is Martin Luther King's birthday. February is Black History Month."
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