the n word: on its way out?

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Fanon, as it turns out, was deeply critical of the "negritude"
movement spearheaded by his teacher (and fellow Martinican) Césaire.

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fanon.htm

--Ben


On 3/13/07, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Chris. Frantz Fanon is the particular author whose name I
> was trying to think of.
>
> On 3/12/07, Chris F Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:
> >
> > Wilson Gray wrote:
> >
> > > Wasn''t "negritude" popularized back in the day by some
> > > African-Frenchman author whose name escapes me at the moment?
> >
> > Several -- CÃ(c)saire, Senghor   ... -- the concept is mostly attached to
> > the literary movement in the online sources. Which surprises me a bit as
> > I believe it has still/again/now  quite a bit of traction  with a more
> > explicitly political slant.

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