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>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:40:44 -0400, Bill wrote
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> Amy Guskin wrote:
>> Er, on what planet is the n-word not considered offensive?
> 
> Ironically, Earth, now. Generally among impoverished communities like
> the Kensington section of Philly, where even white guys refer to
> eachother as "my dawg" or "my nigga." <<

This has come up before, and I just posted another reply about it.  The 
intramural use of "niggah" in the black community does not
remotely compare 
to some white guy saying "nigger-rigged."  It's similar to the gay 
community's embrace of the word "queer."  (Also, on a more
nitpicky note, I 
don't see "nigger" and "niggah" as the same word,
really, and I don't think 
I'm alone in that finer distinction.)

Amy
                                                                
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