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[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:21 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can we still use the A-A word?   Jist wundrin'.


Why does it matter to you? Are some of your best friends n-words? Do you
otherwise expect to have occasion to speak to black Americans about black
Americans? If so, then use whatever terms you ordinarily use. If not, then
use whatever terms you ordinarily use.

Who is included in that "we," BTW?
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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