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Mac Breck schrieb:

> When, I hear "nigger-rigged,"   I do not visualize anybody
who's black.

I do. Never having heard or read the term before I have no way of not doing.

> I think of it's meaning, a half-assed JOB, which could have been done by ANYONE.

And when reading the definition I just can't not ask myself how it came
to be. It doesn't take a genius to figure out the origin is racist,
which is all I need to know to decide I'm not going to use it.

I also think Amy's right with her analysis on white males of western
European descent. I've certainly noticed that I am even more sensitive
to derogatory terms ever since I became part of a minority group myself.

Just my 2 cents,
Angelika
                                                                              
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