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  • Kensington Palace hid word 'negro' on painting before Obamas could

    From Mr. Pickles@21:1/5 to Dr. Jai Maharaj on Wed Apr 27 05:18:30 2016
    XPost: soc.culture.usa, alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage
    XPost: alt.politics.conservative

    On 04/27/2016 03:57 AM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
    Kensington Palace hid word 'negro' on painting before
    Obamas could see it

    "Negro" is the Spanish word for "black," so why is it considered
    offensive while the English translation isn't?

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