racial epithet makes news

[Dan Goncharoff]

I never realised raising two fingers and saying "Scout's honor" was an
epithet against scouts...

DanG

On 7/5/2010 10:20 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> CNN reminds us that some time ago Michael Steele, the now-in-hot-water
> Chairman of the Republican National Committee, concluded an informal
> statement by saying, "Honest Injun on that."
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> Acc. to the report, Steele "caught lot of flak for using what is often
> considered to be - what *is* - a racial epithet."
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> JL
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