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Terri Joelle Thanks for sharing. I was familiar with the origin of Cracker but not with Chink. One thing that I found very interesting when I moved south was all of the white people that called each other Rednecks. They had no idea that the term was created for poor white who worked in the fields (usually right next to enslaved Africans.) Their necks would be beet red from the sun. I wonder if they knew of it's origin, would they use the term as freely as they do?
Bayeté Ross Smith I agree with Craig SirmuMsila Grant, in that I am not sure "Cracker" constitutes a racist term as they had authority and power. As for Redneck, I think people know its origins, that is why poor white people in rural areas, especially the Southern United States identify with that term.
Vincent Perez The term WOP that the Irish are called means With Out Papers...Spic comes from the accent of Puerto Ricans saying "speak no English" but the mis pronunciation of the E sound to the I made it sound like Spic
Lara Stapleton I don't use the terms "Cracker" or "Redneck" because even if the former was born of a position of authority, it is used now as a form of classism. There is far too predominant a racism in white American working class culture (and middle, and upper), but this doesn't justify classist terms. So maybe I agree that they're not racist terms, but I think they're disrespectful.
Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall The term honkey is said to come from young white men driving into black neighborhoods for drugs and prostitutes and honking.- Lara Stapleton honkey? wow, never heard that. I assumed it had something to do with voice, but maybe that's why it stuck.
- Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall what about gook - where the hell did that come from, and jigaboo - such weird words for hurtful ideas
Noelle Lorraine Williams I was trying to explain to a 15 year old why the word "chinky" eyes was problematic - it was hard, they saw no connection, smh. Its like explaining why "fag" is problematic and kids say well I am not talking a out gay people but a "pussy ass motherfucker" lord, lol...- Noelle Lorraine Williams The honkey makes sense, my mother still talks about white man looking for Black pussy - up until 2000's I would get picked up by white men - even with a business jacket, who thought I was a "crackhead" prostitute.
- Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall my wife gets mad when she hears people use pussy in the context of being weak but I think the original etymology of the slang was a reference to being a pussy CAT - and as the other meaning of the term became more common it made kind of a lateral shift to meaning SOFT - wherein it still accommodates both meanings. My wife doesn't have a point though - pussy is the last thing on earth you should consider weak.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
MOONDATE NOTE NOW- i will stir up something with this post and in 10 hours we will know something more about the deep #darkmatter
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