Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 20:54:28 -0400

From: Claudio Salvucci CSALVUCCI[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DELPHI.COM

Subject: Re: Offensive terms



A friend of mine from college, born and raised (though not all of

his life) in Zaire, told me that "sand nigger" was quite a common usage

in Zaire, referring to Africans above the Sahara. What I don't

remember (if he ever told me) was whether black Zairois or Belgians

or both used it. In either case, it was not a general term of contempt

but was quite directly

imed at the Arab-speaking world.



Claudio Salvucci

csalvucci[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]delphi.com