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Old 09-06-2008, 03:46 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Colette Meiji View Post
wow

And he is from Atlanta?

please

So he grew up in 50-60's Georgia.

Where the water fountains, bath rooms, schools, etc ,etc were all segregated.

And he didn't know a common racial slur.

When most of us, who are too young (or not born) to remember the 60's, and not from the south, knew it.
I'm a non-native English speaker and even I knew that "uppity" is a loaded term.
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