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Re: Last Laugh! Racism and All That Rot

John Mayson (john@mayson.us)
Thu, 10 May 2007 16:51:39 -0500

Speaking of the neg/nigg prefix.

We have a program manager where I work who is short, female, and
African-American. When she visited our plant in Mexico they called
her "La Negrita". At first she was a little upset by this. But she
found out it was a term of affection. It means "the small black
woman" but it has no racial overtones.

I've never been given a nickname down there so they either don't like
me very much or don't have one for an white Anglo-Saxon Protestant who
is nearly 2 meters tall. :-)

John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
Austin, Texas, USA

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