A phrase that was unfamiliar to me

Sep. 3rd, 2005 01:09 am
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But I understood it as soon as I heard it.

"Mayor Nagin got his nigger wake-up call."
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Date: 2005-09-03 08:13 am (UTC)
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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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