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Thread #86490   Message #1610735
Posted By: M.Ted
21-Nov-05 - 08:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Racial No-nos
Subject: RE: BS: Racial No-nos
If I was a little confusing, I am sorry--but I was quoting, or at least paraphrasing, the white men who killed Emmet Till--I mean't nothing ill to Aziza--what I meant to convey was that African-Americans know that a poorly chosen word in the wrong circumstances can be fatal--but I presume you know that.