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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't it just the female version? Like actor/ actress. It's dated now but I guess in the 60s it wasn't.

So it's even anachronistic for Lincoln to think it's a slur word.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

In Lincoln's time, 'Negress' would have been the genteel term. It was still fairly common in the 1960s, as was Jewess.

Look up "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" for a discussion of the fight to change the term from 'Negro' to 'Black.'