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		stepherm on Aug 6, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Cen... Why does "Urban" necessarily imply "poor minority"? In most urban areas there are plenty of people that are not "poor minorities".

calambrac on Aug 6, 2009 [–]

It doesn't 'necessarily' imply that, but it is a widely-used euphemism for inner city hip-hop culture. Acting like it's not, that the term arises from the name of the slang dictionary (and not the other way around), is just wrong.

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