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Subject:
Mark Twain's "racism"
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John Greenman <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:52:50 -0500
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Thank you SO MUCH Ann!

I have been laboring with the weight of saying "nigger" and accurately
reflecting, orally, all the racism that Twain saw.

Thanks for clarifying his point of view.

What you say strikes hard but true: "Unfortunately, the racist has a
much more familiar aspect."

John

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