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A non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of “the N-Word” and its replacement with the word "President" may actually be making some linguistic headway in the wake of Barack Obama's victory. According to a borderline-Comedy Central segment on "NY1," some black residents in Harlem have been substituting President for the N-Word in everyday slang. (A NY1 rep confirms, "That was not at anytime a news story on NY1, nor is the person in the piece a NY1 employee.")

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