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Old 01-12-2003, 07:47 PM
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How was a "wrong" righted when the NAACP effectively CHANGED the meaning of a word because they did not like it.

The word for "Black" in Latin is "Niger"
The word for "ignorant" in Latin is "ignorans"


The NAACP cannot tell me that "Nigger" refered to an ignorant person BEFORE it refered to a Black person. "Nigger" is indeed a racial slur (duh), but, whether we like it or not, it has always refered to Black people FIRST. This is basic etymology, folks. And, the campaign to re-write the English language because they cannot handle it is childish, reckless, and further proof that they really don't have anything better to do.
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