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Subject:	Re: WTB Train Parts
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:12:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: > Thanks. That supports my contention that the phrase is insulting to non > whites. It may have transmuted in meaning over time... I suspect it has. I have always seen the phrase (or similar ones) in a context that is racist, but towards whites, not vice versa. In my experience, "mighty white of ya" is usually (contextually) an implication of dishonest dealing. (giving something they don't have, taking advantange of ignorance(1), etc). James http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/ 1:Timmy's are super-rare, and go for at least $20.00 a piece on the net. But I like you, so you can have my 18 for only $18 each. You'll never see another deal like this one, trust me. :)

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		Re: WTB Train Parts
James Brown wrote: <snippage of putting down whitey> (...) That's mighty Canadian of you, James [1] -John [1] Ya hoser;-) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: WTB Train Parts
Thanks. That supports my contention that the phrase is insulting to non whites. It may have transmuted in meaning over time... (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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