[Ads-l] a different take on "chain migration"

[Baker, John]

I’ve heard the question before, but I don’t understand it. Why would you want to call someone a nigger or a faggot?


John Baker


On Feb 22, 2018, at 7:57 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM<mailto:mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM>> wrote:


The same applies to the word “faggot”. It’s an in-group/out-group thing combined with reclamation. BB

> On 22 Feb 2018, at 16:38, paul johnson <paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM<mailto:paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM>> wrote:
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> I'm upset that on television blacks can call themselves or each other 'nigger' but I can't say it unless I'm packing. Curious, can they under that protocol, are they proscribed from calling whites 'honkys'
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> On 2/22/2018 6:29 PM, W Brewer wrote:
>> Wonder who pulled her chain.
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