Today, in the land of COMP I, we began talking about techniques to define words and the power held by those who are able to influence the connotations words take on. This eventually moved to a discussion of the word “nigger” and how it is understood: is it a word that can be reappropriated [...]
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A word’s meaning.
Posted in definition, race, tagged chris rock, def poetry, definition, julian curry, nigger, race on February 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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