An open letter to Skinner (POSTED IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FORUM)

[LanternWaste]

116. Let's try, shall we?

"So the basic question is still, "Is it acceptable to use the N-word when quoting someone else?"

Let's try, shall we?

"The "damned naygurs"--this is another descriptive title which has been conferred upon them by a class of our fellow-citizens who persist, in the most short-sighted manner, in being on bad terms with them in the face of the fact that they have got to sing with them in heaven or scorch with them in hell some day in the most familiar and sociable way, and on a footing of most perfect equality."

- "Mark Twain on the Colored Man," Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, July 1865




I would hazard the guess that most people would say it is unacceptable, and I would further bet that is the actual majority reason for the hide...."
Since we're simply guessing, mine is that far too many people are ignorant of context, and "I would further bet that is the actual majority reason for the hide..."