From the wikipedia entry on the word “Nigger”:
Nigger, also spelled niger (obs.), nigor (obs. dial. Eng.), nigre, nigar (Caribbean), niggor (obs. dial.), neger (obs. U.S.), nigger, niggur, nigga, niggah, and niggar (obs.), is a derogatory term used worldwide to refer to black people.
During the period when slavery was practiced in the United States, […]
The New Yorker ~ by Hendrik Hertzberg
DISARRAY THIS
Reaction to the Censure Motion put forth by Sen. Russ Feingold :
The immediate consequence of Feingold’s gambit was not Republican dismay but, yes, Democratic disarray—or, at least, every appearance of it. In the Washington Post, Dana Milbank described a stampede through the marble halls […]
Feingold’s Censure Adventure
http://www.slate.com/id/2138169/
On Russ Feingold….
For a party that supposedly celebrates its diversity, Democrats sure do have trouble accommodating it. Liberal activists tell it this way: Faced with a man of virtue and rectitude, Democratic leaders jumped behind the couch, hoping they could capitulate quickly so they could get back to appeasing […]
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