Is “local” the latest in pejorative campus slang? Howard University students have been using “local” to refer to individuals from the surrounding D.C. area. But most students seem agreed that “local” is almost always derogatory shorthand for “overly aggressive and dirty.” Hmm. This article from The Hilltop of Howard University (one of the nation’s historically Black colleges) considers whether the use of “local” doesn’t have a lot in common with the use of “nigga,” another “controversial” term.

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