Fwd: FW: NAACP WINS

[Laurence Horn]

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>Subject: FW: NAACP WINS
>Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:04:51 -0400
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>ALLIANCE LEADERS!
>
>This is a great victory for all African Americans.
>
>NAACP WINS
>
>NAACP wins on "nigger" in dictionary
>A Small Victory...A Giant Step ( Thanks NAACP )
>There has been a change in Webster's Dictionary.
>Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO of the National Association for the
>Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), recently gave a speech at
>Virginia Tech.
>
>Everyone was informed that a landmark decision was made last week
>with the people at Merriam-Webster Dictionary. They have recognized
>the error of their ways.
>
>So, beginning with the next edition, the word nigger will no longer be
>synonymous with African-Americans. It shall be duly noted that it's a
>racial slur and not what African-Americans themselves are. Along
>with this, all racial and religious slurs will finally be indicated
>for what they really are - cruel and evil slurs too often used to
>degrade people.
>
>Please pass this information on to others. This change should serve notice
>to people, corporations, etc., that when individuals stick together to
>right a wrong, a change is gonna come. This wasn't just a victory for
>African-Americans, but for everyone.
>
>Now if we can only get some of our young black men to stop using it
>so freely... then we will truly win.
>
>
>Terry J. Pierce
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