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Reminds me of a good story from when I worked in child psych. We had this young (5 or 6 year old) African American boy who was totally out of control. One of the male African American child care workers had to get the kid in a wrap because he was spitting, biting, kicking, etc. Suddenly, the kid yells "Let me go you white honkey B***". All the staff who were assembled to assist, including the one holding the kid, had to fight the laughter. It was obvious that this kid had heard this phrase and knew it was insulting, but had no idea what it meant in saying it to a male African American staff. (and, this was 16 years ago, before the word B**** was used as it is now).
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