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substitute ([personal profile] substitute) wrote2005-09-03 01:09 am
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A phrase that was unfamiliar to me

But I understood it as soon as I heard it.

"Mayor Nagin got his nigger wake-up call."
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[identity profile] stimps.livejournal.com 2005-09-03 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
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[identity profile] substitute.livejournal.com 2005-09-03 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I blinked about three times too and then thought "Yeah, I guess he about did." It's a fine, brutal phrase for a particular American experience.
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