shuckin' and jivin'

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> quoted:
> racially coded

What, exactly, is Waldman trying to say? Or is she merely betng erudite?

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