Longjack, thanks I got something pretty similar. But I didn’t get “We blacks live with a constant feeling of NAUSEA.” I got “malaise” wqhen I let Google translate it. But that’s not a good fit either. I took two years of German in high school so it’s been a while but when I translated the word in question, “Unwohlsein”, I broke it down to un- (not), Das Wohl (welfare, well-being), and das Sein (being, existence). I translated loosely as “ill-at-ease.”

But on a more important note, remarks like the ones Smith made are just beyond the pale. They are just shameful. While he doesn’t speak for me, it’s an open question as to how many black Americans he does speak for. My 46 and 1/2 years as one suggests that it’s a lot fewer than Whiskey claims. And while I still think Whiskey’s wrong about attributing these exact words to Smith, I understand (but firmly resist) the desire to put words like this in his mouth.