s my mom went on the date! I know it sounds silly, but they almost didn't get married because of a name, and the certain image the name portrayed.
             "Words have tremendous power, particularly words that are used to define our identity or label us in some way." (pg. 42 Facing History and Ourselves) In the reading What's in a name, we look at the affects of a little black girl being called a "nigger". The interesting part of this story, is that Miriam, the little girl, didn't even know what the word "nigger" meant.
             "I looked at the floor and thought. It suddenly occurred to me that I had no idea what the word meant. I
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