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Article #881Re: Princess Diana, Somalia, NY Times, history
From: Charles Packer
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:31
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:31
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In article <s705VB2w165w@netlink.cts.com>, galan@netlink.cts.com (Greg Gross) writes... >That semantic change was one that worked from the inside-out. For the >first time in our history in this country, we were addressing ourselves >by the term of our own choice. Newspapers gradually, even reluctantly, ..told the white majority about it. And that's how whites came to adopt the new usage -- through the influence of the press. There was no other way they would have found out about it, social contact between blacks and whites being what it was then. And as for the "reluctance" factor, what you mean is that your editor was just waiting for the New York Times to do it... Enjoy the holidays, I'll be back next week to pick up the debate if necessary.
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Newsgroups: misc.headlines,alt.news-media Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!nsisrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!packer From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) Subject: Re: Princess Diana, Somalia, NY Times, history Message-ID: <22DEC199206310750@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1 Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: Dept. of Independence References: <19DEC199208262497@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <s705VB2w165w@netlink.cts.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:31:00 GMT Lines: 15