AP Reporter Responds To Chris Hayes Panel Debate On Racism Of Droppin=?windows-1252?Q?=92_G=92s_?=From Obama Speech

[Jonathan Lighter]

Dropping g's isn't racist. Most people do it often.

But emphasizing it for a black guy like O but not for a white guy like W
could be a different story.

I don't know anything about the AP reporter, so I'll assume it was either
unconscious or a naive attempt at "immediacy."

JL

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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> > Needless to say, this is a cover for _more niggerish_. Why keep up the
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