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>Date:         Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:14:25 -0500
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>From: gbell <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      NAACP WINS
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>===== Original Message From Linda UmBayemake <[log in to unmask]> =====
>
>NAACP WINS
>
>NAACP wins on "nigger" in dictionary - A Small Victory...A Giant Step
>(Thanks NAACP)
>
>There has been a change in Webster's Dictionary.  Kweisi Mfume,
>President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of
>Colored People (NAACP), recently gave a speech at Virginia Tech.
>
>Everyone was informed that a landmark decision was made last week with
>the people at Merriam-Webster Dictionary. They have recognized the error
>of their ways.
>
>So, beginning with the next edition, the word "nigger" will no longer be
>synonymous with African-Americans.  It shall be duly noted that it's a
>racial slur and not what African-Americans themselves are.  Along with
>this, all racial and religious slurs will finally be indicated for what
>they really are - cruel and evil slurs too often used to degrade people.
>
>Please pass this information on to others. This change should serve
>notice to people, corporations, etc., that when individuals stick
>together to right a wrong, a change is going to come.  This wasn't just
>a victory for African-Americans, but for everyone.
>
>Now if we can only get young black men to stop using it, then we will
>truly win.
>
>
>"EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE
>WATCH WHAT YOU EAT, AND
>WHAT YOU LOVE-
>THAT'S THE POWER"
>Iyanla Vanzandt


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Reference and Francophone Studies               Phone:   608-262-3647
Memorial Library, Room 262A                     FAX:     608-262-8569
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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