Book Review: LA Times -- re 'the N word'

[Dennis R. Preston]

Flaczki he probably called it.

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>Interesting. However, I'd like to point out that the word,
>_chitterling_, in print since c1280, at least, predates slavery and
>the eating of it is not some use magically discovered by slaves in
>their hour of need. Rather, they probaably learned it from those white
>people with whom they were in contact. I've met plenty of white people
>who know how to prepare chitterlings for human consumption. E.g., way
>back in 1967, I had a Polish-American colleague originally from some
>farm in Kansas - we met in Los Angeles - who was as fully cognizant
>with the chitterling and the manner of its preparation and consumption
>as any black person, including your humble correspondent.
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>-Wilson
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>On 4/2/07, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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>>  Here's the page link.
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>>  (the other) doug
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