JM> Bob Klahn -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:

 BK>>  Does any black person call you cousin? Do you understand what
 BK>>  that means?

 JM> I do but I didn't know it had a special meaning.
 JM> What does it mean?

 It is a good thing.

 I means you are close. Black people call black men "brother"
 all the time. But cousin implies a real connection. Unless you
 really are cousins, then it's just the relationship.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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