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Harry Reid said "Negro dialect" and that phrasing has many things built in.
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It does, but one way to read his use of that phrase is that he was highlighting the extreme reaction some bigots would have to a Snoop-Dogg-esque presidential speech. In other words, he was describing what might go on in the mind of a prejudiced voter. I agree with the president that this phrasing was clumsy, because it could be misinterpreted to mean that Harry Reid thinks it's still OK to call black people Negroes.
CALLING someone a Negro in 2010 would have a very different ring to it than referring to Negro dialect when you're discussing the prejudice of some white voters.
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