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- PEOPLE, Page 99Bench Mark
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- By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall "just never liked"
- using the word black to describe his race. After writing
- "Afro-American" in a dissent last week, he'll use that term
- from now on. Whether the other Justices follow his lead isn't
- his concern: "It's like what the old lady said when she kissed
- the cow -- everyone to his own liking." Jesse Jackson, who got
- the ball rolling last year by suggesting an alternative for
- black, applauded the choice, though he'd prefer "African
- American" because "Afro is sometimes reduced to a hairstyle."
- Marshall cited a source for his decision: "Afro-American is in
- the dictionary, and the other one isn't." Judicious.
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