Harrison remark, Intentional?

[Crump's brother]

Also, Canuck. However, Canadian people apologize for everything, including being Canucks.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Here is a fun wikipedia listing of racial terms which have been "reappropriated" by various ethnic groups:



I'm just having trouble buying the argument that any of these ever carried as much historical/cultural weight as the "N-word" (or that any others have been "reappropriated" for the sake of provocation/confrontation in quite the same way). "Queer" is an interesting case study as a comparison, but somehow I don't think the "n-word" is going to show up in the titles of any academic departments in our lifetimes.

I believe the Gay-Jewish contingent is re appropriating the term Heblew

not 100% sure, you'd have to ask them

 

[Best Buckeye]

Also, Canuck. However, Canadian people apologize for everything, including being Canucks.

Eh?

 

[buckeyebri]

It was on the wiki list posted earlier:
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/internet/extra/hoosier.html

Interesting read. I had only heard the settler/surveyor piece. Most folks I have asked in Indian are clueless as to how it came about...

 

[buckeyebri]

Eh?

Ya, you betcha...

 

[martinss01]

Holy smokes! Here's a blast from the past!

thank you for acknowledging my existence, I don't get that much :).

I think it meant that he dislikes Kaminsky and was a sore loser in the moment. Could have called him a bitch and it would have had the same intent.

same intent? probable. same meaning? no.

n***** definition - a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant

bitch - the female of the dog or some other carnivorous mammals
a malicious, spiteful, or overbearing woman

can't speak for anyone else, but I generally have issues with anyone who considers themselves truly superior to another person. I wonder if some of you realize that all words have actual defined meanings... just because someone decides a word "belongs" to them doesn't mean the definition of the word changes just because they feel like it. inconceivable you say? *shrug* whatever, im off to read the wappa goo thread anyway.

 

[martinss01]

Idon't think it was meant in a derogatory manner. The offensive part was "Fuck that...".

The last part was just a way to identify Frank as a member of the same group.

Imagine he'd said "that n----- is good". Would that be offensive?

Imagine he'd said, "that ignorant guy who is inferior to me in everyway is good". Would that be offensive?

 

[BUCKYLE]

Well, he said nothing like that, so....

 

[martinss01]

oh... I thought he called him a n*****... my bad. carry on.