Nigger vs. Colored, et al.

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:25 PM -0500 3/2/11, Michael Newman wrote:
>i want to point out in this discussion that in current usage for
>many speakers, the form nigga has no racial reference. It's
>essentially dude, but for a different demographic. I'm not
>justifying it or not.

Sorry; I didn't make it past the disjunction in this last sentence in
Michael's message.  :-)

LH

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