[78-L] Racially Offensive Language/Robeson.^
Julian Vein
julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Jan 25 15:09:31 PST 2009
Tom wrote:
> I could be wrong about this, but it seems to me that the term African American is a fairly recent artifact of our (American English) language.
>
> You might be able to find its usage somewhere prior to 20 years ago, though I don't remember having heard the term before that.
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I may be wrong but I don't recall hearing the term "The Holocaust"
before the TV series.
Julian Vein
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