Racial vilification (Re: warp & woof,

[Paul Mackin]

> Yes,  as David sez, it all depends on what you MEAN--and therein lies the
> problem.

Does he know
that I know
that he knows
that I know
that he knows
that I know . . . (that no violence is intended)?

Moreover (and even worse),
do I know
that I know
that I know . . .  what the hell it is I "mean"???

That old infinite regress between the signifiying n-word and the ultimately
unreachable
signified. Normally not a problem but with regard to RACE and not only in
America it most definitely IS a problem.

                        P.  (white)



David Morris writes:




> >From: "jbor" >From: Thomas Eckhardt <uzs7lz at uni-bonn.de>
> > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but the colour of skin of the person who uses
> >the word "nigger" for a black man or woman seems to be of some importance
> >here, no?
>
> Well it all depends on what you mean bt "here."
>
> Could we pole the P-list for race?  Are there [m]any Africans among us?
>
> The color of the speaker is all-important, but we [non-niggers] started it!
> It is nearly illegal to be black.  Is it any wonder their slang for that
> illegal state is confrontational?  The term "Christian" was first coined as
> an insult, later adopted by faithful.  But the tide changed.
>
> Someday "nigger" might be neutral.
>
> DM
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