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Jul. 31st, 2012 01:06 amHow did 'Monday' become a racist slur?
When news emerged earlier this month that Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford said he’d been called a racial epithet by an off-duty Leominster police officer before a minor league game in New Hampshire, reaction was swift. After an internal investigation, which turned up additional racist comments, the Leominster mayor fired the officer on Thursday.
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(Boston Globe 29 July 2012/International Herald Tribune 30 July 2012)
When news emerged earlier this month that Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford said he’d been called a racial epithet by an off-duty Leominster police officer before a minor league game in New Hampshire, reaction was swift. After an internal investigation, which turned up additional racist comments, the Leominster mayor fired the officer on Thursday.
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(Boston Globe 29 July 2012/International Herald Tribune 30 July 2012)


