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August 7, 2013 11:12 am PDT
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Politican urged to stop using strangely old-fashioned racistterm
From the BBC: 'The UK Independence Party has asked one of its senior politicians not to use the phrase "Bongo Bongo Land" again, warning that people abroad might find it "disparaging".' Bloom claims that "Bongo" has nothing to do with African stereotypes, it's just "a figment of people's imagination."Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/zBUxC27T4JA/story01.htm
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