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Apparently the N-word is NOT dead
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7-17-2007 6:15 AM
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7-17-2007
7:47 AM
dorine
How does it just "slip out" if you've never used the word?
7-17-2007
9:09 AM
ericskiff
Sounds more like a case of a deep-seated hate slipping out to me. Yuck.
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