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Old 09-29-2005, 03:45 PM
Duke Duke is offline
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Default Re: The \"M\" word??? Help settle a bet.

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what would that term be? I'm feeling pretty ignorant as I didn't realize the connotations of 'mulatto'.

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biracial or interracial i think would do the trick. im sure there are others.

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This is not specific enough. Once you're forced to use a word that is so nondescript as to leave a ton of margin for miscommunication, there is no longer any point using a word to describe it at all.

Newspeak sucks.

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