"That's racist!" [Was Re: Missed-point dept. (origin of "Joe" (coffee)]

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Google "NPR + 'That's racist!'"

>From the op.cit.:

"... a white power band."


At first, I didn't get it. Then, I understood:

"... a white-power band."


But then, why is the hyphen not inserted? Well, the question answers itself:

"... a _white-power band_"?!


That's racist!

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
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