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David__77

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7. Many people consider "thug" to be a racist term.

Reply to ellisonz (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 11:22 PM

Jan 2012

http://plaistedwrites.blogspot.com/2008/07/thug-is-new-n-word.html

and someone who disagrees...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judy-muller/a-thug-by-any-other-name_b_155708.html

Somehow Arab and African people get called "thugs" an awful lot. I don't hear white people being called "thugs" too much. Doesn't mean it's a racist term, but a lot of people think it is.

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Really... ellisonz Jan 2012 #9

I didn't imply it. I was just relaying that some consider it a racist term. David__77 Jan 2012 #10

So then what was the point of the conversation? ellisonz Jan 2012 #12

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