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John Derbyshire: A Harangue About Slang

October 24, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Derb writes:

For young overclass postulants such as Millie and my lunch companion’s law students, ghetto culture is a plaything to be put away when they land that executive position at a management consultancy or white-shoe law firm; for the underclass, it’s their actual culture.

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