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Old 09-21-2009, 07:54 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
The N***** word, used to refer to black people.
Oh that. It was a normal everyday word at the time. Heck, for that matter it was a normal everyday word here in the UK in my grandparents' time. You have to treat such books in the context of the culture in which they were written, don't you think?
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