RE: I don't think, this to be racist, but your give your opinions
March 7, 2016 at 2:30 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2016 at 2:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
In context it probably isn't. If it's origin has to do with sitting on your ass in the sun till you crisp....it's kind of brutal, but not racist. Given our history here in the states, and the baggage of the terms, however.....anyone who says it probably has a pointy white hood in their closet. Is it still used in that way, or has it, like many words...taken on a racist meaning?
For example....in english, a racoon is an animal........but there's another use for an abbreviated form of that word nowadays............and it being racist pretty much depends on how it's used in the moment regardless of it's origins, even if the words in the sentence are exactly the same.
"Yall wanna go coon huntin?"
Either you have a redneck who likes to shoot tree rats, or again, pointy white hood in closet. There's alot of overlap between these two types of people, ofc...lol. Kind of ambiguous, so there are places in the south where you -really- have to roll the dice to figure out which group you've found yourself surrounded by.......it pays to ask for clarification, in my experience.
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For example....in english, a racoon is an animal........but there's another use for an abbreviated form of that word nowadays............and it being racist pretty much depends on how it's used in the moment regardless of it's origins, even if the words in the sentence are exactly the same.
"Yall wanna go coon huntin?"
Either you have a redneck who likes to shoot tree rats, or again, pointy white hood in closet. There's alot of overlap between these two types of people, ofc...lol. Kind of ambiguous, so there are places in the south where you -really- have to roll the dice to figure out which group you've found yourself surrounded by.......it pays to ask for clarification, in my experience.
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