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Racial code words in modern America

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Coded prejudice is cloaked dagger. "Code word bigotry is a secret code, a secret handshake between the listening audience and the host."

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On a related note, here's a story I remember from early this year that I really thought was odd:

Southern racists adopt "Canadian" as a euphemism for "black"

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/27/southern-racists-ado.html

(Unfortunately, the link to the nationalpost.com story seems to be dead)

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