We have often been told by correspondents that at some time “removed” meant an ignorant or shiftless person of any race. We have no evidence in our files of citations (a citation being simply an example of an English word in context) that “removed” is used with such a meaning. If you have actual evidence of this, especially in print, we would be very glad to have you pass it along. Please remember that a dictionary cannot assign meanings to words; it can only record the meanings that people actually use. We do not believe that we would be doing anything positive about racism by removing the entries for “removed” and other offensive words from the dictionary.
I was very surprised my your confidently incorrect initial comment, but glad you admitted being wrong and clears it out. Isn’t it common knowledge that the N word is just a corruption of the term “negro” used in the same time period?
I honestly was taught (by my father who deplored racist ass racists) that by my father, but also deep south when I learned that incorrect fact. Either way it’s a fucking hateful word and I’m glad I learned something.
Son of a bitch…I’m incorrect
We have often been told by correspondents that at some time “removed” meant an ignorant or shiftless person of any race. We have no evidence in our files of citations (a citation being simply an example of an English word in context) that “removed” is used with such a meaning. If you have actual evidence of this, especially in print, we would be very glad to have you pass it along. Please remember that a dictionary cannot assign meanings to words; it can only record the meanings that people actually use. We do not believe that we would be doing anything positive about racism by removing the entries for “removed” and other offensive words from the dictionary.
https://americandialect.org/americandialectarchives/octxx97316.html
So I mean I guess theses some history but what exactly that is I don’t know.
I was very surprised my your confidently incorrect initial comment, but glad you admitted being wrong and clears it out. Isn’t it common knowledge that the N word is just a corruption of the term “negro” used in the same time period?
I honestly was taught (by my father who deplored racist ass racists) that by my father, but also deep south when I learned that incorrect fact. Either way it’s a fucking hateful word and I’m glad I learned something.