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Subject:
derogatory terms
From:
Ray Terry <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:00:47 EDT
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In a message dated 6/23/2007 3:19:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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> I heard many years ago that pic nic, was a derogatory term for African 
> Americans. I did not research this term, but understood that it referred to 
> finding and killing a black person, and then having a Pic nic. Maybe someone 
> 
> else knows exactly what the historical significance is of this word.
> 


"Pic nic" does not appear in a long list of derogatory terms on the Wikipedia 
web site

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_terms_per_nationality





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