[Dixielandjazz] Just an Alabama...

[Mike Durham]

Seems to me (as someone who has lived in both the USA and Europe) that 
anyone who has ever KNOWN a black person would know damn well that the word 
'nigger' is deeply offensive. That some young African-Americans may choose 
to use the word amonsgt and about themselves is up to them.....much as, in a 
greatly diluted context, I might refer to myself as a Limey, but would not 
be overly pleased if an American used it to me (unless a dear friend and in 
jest).

Liberally yours,

Mike.


>From: "James Kashishian" <kash at ran.es>
>To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Just an Alabama...
>Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:49:27 +0100
>
>Dan asked, and Jim B. answered........
>
>  Dan, I don't beleive that 'Nigger' was necessarily a deragatory term
>years
>ago.  It was in early usage simply a word to denote people of dark skin.
>The same goes for 'darkie.'
>
>And, I add......
>
>My Mother married a St. Pete, Florida fella (a native of Florida) who
>used those terms all the time, but with no particular meaning to them as
>far as I could gather.  They certainly weren't used in a derogatory
>manner by him.
>
>My kids today are shocked that I refer to "blacks" as Negroes....as
>being of the Negroid race.
>That was the term used when I used to live in the States.  Each era
>seems to have its own proper terms that should be used.  And, of course,
>my "phrases" are somewhat stuck in the 1950's.
>
>Jim
>
>
>
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