Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 11:37:12 -0500

From: STEVE ALLEN NOLDEN sanold01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU

Subject: Re: PC Dictionaries?



I am a Black man, not African-American, and the use of the word "Nigger"

or shall I say the definition of the word, in the Merriam dictionary

greatly offends me. Who gave them the right to define any one person or

race. Is the publisher of Merriam God. Nope. So what gives him the

right to call me a "Nigger." If he called all white people "Peckerwoods"

then all white people would most likely be offended. Being labeled is

not a good thing. I cant see how someone can support Merriam's

definition. Personally, since the dictionary wants to define black

people as "Niggers" then the dictionary should include all derogatory

statements about all races.



Steve Nolden