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[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Nobody explained why "the 'Negro' word" was bad


In like manner, nobody has explained why "African-American" is "good" and
not simply ridiculous.

I've decided to go with what's on my birth certificate: "colored," with
"black" reserved for formal occasions, such as the Census. Like, why not?
I'm even considering punting BE for n[egro]d[ialect], as accurate a
denomination as any other.


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

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