Barbershop Buzz on 'Negro-gate'

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First we saw the word on the 2010 census last week.

Then news of Senator Majority leader Harry Reid’ comment broke. He called Barack Obama “light-skinned with ‘no Negro dialect’.

Now everyone is using a word we thought was left for the history book.

Is there a double standard when it comes to race and politics?

Does the word “Negro” have any place in today’s society?