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Thread #92210   Message #1762535
Posted By: GUEST,Joe_F
17-Jun-06 - 09:04 PM
Thread Name: Review: World music - a white middle class fraud
Subject: RE: Review: World music - a white middle class fraud
Maybe it's like the aisle in the supermarket that's labeled "International Foods"? The plain English word would be "foreign"; but in certain US subcultures, including commerce & journalism, that word is considered offensive. "International" is the usual euphemism, but perhaps that is too long for the small, mobile signs in record stores.

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