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...Huckleberry Finn, who upon learning a Negro could vote in Ohio, "drawed out. I says I'll never vote ag'in." Without his glowing white mask he is not American; he is Faulkner's character Wash, in Absalom, Absalom!, who, stripped of the mask and treated like a "nigger," drives a scythe into the heart of the rich white man he has loved and served so completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Backs of Blacks | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...realize that use of the word "Moonie" is pejorative and highly offensive? The term was coined by critics of the Church to demean its members as the words "hymie," "nigger" or "chink" are used to dehumanize other segments of our society. The correct reference to a member of the Unification Church is "Unificationist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Use of the Term 'Moonies' Pejorative | 11/30/1993 | See Source »

They called each other "nigger." They said they were sick of taking some teacher's shit. And when they got up to the counter, the manager refused to serve them...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Reflections On Race and Class | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

Reid had alleged that in 1988 or 1989 a white guard, in the presence of Dowling, referred to Martin Luther King Day by asking "Who's going to take the nigger day off?" The report denies the incident, noting that Dowling and a former guard who allegedly was a witness denied hearing the comment...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Marshall Report Finds No Discrimination in Guard Unit | 8/10/1993 | See Source »

Harvey Keitel bulldozes this point home as Graham, Smith's old partner--a grumbling and epithet-spewing caricature of the ignorant American. In the novel, Conner explains he could no longer live as a Caucasian among Japanese because he "got tired of being a 'nigger.'" Though the film cuts this line, it would have had a strong resonance with Snipes' Smith...

Author: By John Aboud, | Title: Japanese, U.S. Cultures Clash In Tense Crichton Thriller | 7/30/1993 | See Source »

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