McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> My only point on the word "Negro" is that I personally don't think of
> it as a pejorative term any more than Causcasian for whites.

But since you aren't black, whether or not you find it pejorative is of
little consequence.
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