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Lidane8/10/2014 9:14:28 am PDT

re: #127 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Oh, there’s a thousand ways to say n***** without actually saying it.

Urban, them, those people, street, hip-hop, gangbanger, rappers, gangstas, low-jean-wearers, “African-American” (the scare quotes tell you “I am a gigantic racist), apes, brothers, ghetto, homie, Leroy, etc. etc.

You just got to throw the right intonation in there and everyone knows what you mean. Out of an asshole like Hannity’s mouth “Well-educated young black professional” could be a virulent smear.

“Sketchy” also works:

White People Create App To Avoid, Um, ‘Sketchy’ Areas