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Current contexts of the word often leave out possible historical reasons for the word. There are many words which use ‘black’ as a reference to ‘evilness’ as in ‘dark arts’ in a religious context. ‘To blacken’ wasn’t necessarily relating to ‘black people’ but rather things of ‘dark background.’ (why do ‘bad guys’ in movies wear ‘black’ and ‘good guys’ wear ‘white?’ Those associations have come through literature well before slavery in history so it is clearly not a ‘racist thing’) As another example, the word ‘sinister’ derives back to a meaning of ‘being left-handed.’ Many people today use the word ‘sinister’ without denigrating ‘left-handed’ people if you catch my point. Words meanings change throughout time, but it is people which give the ‘meanings’ value.

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Name : chadd, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 30, City : palatine, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : account representative, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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