Southern racists adopt "Canadian" as a euphemism for "black"

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It was a routine e-mail from the boss sent to congratulate a junior prosecutor in Houston, Tex., who had won manslaughter convictions against an intoxicated driver.

"He convicted Mr. Sosa of a double intoxication manslaughter, got a weak jury to give him 12 years in each, and then convinced Judge Wallace to stack the sentences," Harris County assistant district attorney Mike Trent wrote in an office-wide memo. Then came the odd part: "He overcame a subversively good defence by Matt Hennessey that had some Canadians on the jury feeling sorry for the defendant and forced them to do the right thing."

The e-mail was sent in 2003 but came to light only this month as part of an unrelated controversy with his office, forcing Mr. Trent to defend himself against accusations of bigotry -- not because he offended the people of Canada, but because "Canadian" has apparently become a code word for blacks among American racists.
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Last August, a blogger in Cincinnati going by the name CincyBlurg reported that a black friend from the southeastern U.S. had recently discovered that she was being called a Canadian. "She told me a story of when she was working in a shop in the South and she overheard some of her customers complaining that they were always waited on by a Canadian at that place. She didn't understand what they were talking about and assumed they must be talking about someone else," the blogger wrote.

"After this happened several times with different patrons, she mentioned it to one of her co-workers. He told her that ‘Canadian' was the new derogatory term that racist Southerners were using to describe persons they would have previously referred to [with the N-word.]"

A similar case in Kansas City was reported last year on a Listserv, or electronic mailing list, used by linguistics experts. A University of Kansas linguist said that a waitress friend reported that "fellow workers used to use a name for inner-city families that were known to not leave a tip: Canadians. ‘Hey, we have a table of Canadians.... They're all yours.' "
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It may be old (I don't know) but I find it amusing nonetheless. The lengths some people will go...
 
I've heard this before and I live in New York. I don't think it's a very nice term though. I know some Applebees workers who call them "Canadians" when they get bad tips from black people, so I mean you can pretty much figure it out.
 
grandjedi6 said:
I've never heard of this before. Are people really this stupid?
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Yes they are and this is the only earth you can live on.
 
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a famous Canadian giving his finger
 
Night_Trekker said:
Nah, but it will stick around and cause trouble for as long as humanity exists.
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Racism and ones ignorance of other cultures is what starts wars. War will be the death of humanity. Hence racism and all forms of it will be the death of humanity as we know it.
 
typhonsentra said:
My dad's code word has always been "Irish". Or "Niggers".... yeah, it's hard to go anywhere with him.
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:lol :lol

well I would be an Irish-nigger to him.. might make his head explode.
 
JayDubya said:
Fuck, they're on to us. Okay guys, new code word: Norwegian.
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if they started saying "cracker" no one would be the wiser...
 
Black Irish, gawd reminds me of my stupid friend who went and asked a black guy if he was black irish............... he just looked at him and wtf? fucking idiot.
 
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:
Black Irish, gawd reminds me of my stupid friend who went and asked a black guy if he was black irish............... he just looked at him and wtf? fucking idiot.
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there are two of us on this very board
 
worldrunover said:
I've heard this before and I live in New York. I don't think it's a very nice term though. I know some Applebees workers who call them "Canadians" when they get bad tips from black people, so I mean you can pretty much figure it out.
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yea, this happens in restaurants everywhere.. but if it's racism it must be from the south. thanks national post!
 
Anasui Kishibe said:
it was actually a decent movie
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i think if the best reviewer line i could find was 'hints of greatness', i probably wouldn't put it on the box
 
IcebergSlim3000 said:
Racism and ones ignorance of other cultures is what starts wars. War will be the death of humanity. Hence racism and all forms of it will be the death of humanity as we know it.
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That's a pretty simplistic viewpoint you have there.
 
Again,

Meet the Spartans is probably going to be number one at the box office and now this stupid bullshit.

Srsly, guys. I know that most of the Americans that post on NeoGAF aren't idiots. Can you put yourselves into positions of power and clean up this stupid mess.
 
DoctorWho said:
Srsly, guys. I know that most of the Americans that post on NeoGAF aren't idiots. Can you put yourselves into positions of power and clean up this stupid mess.
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Someone in a position of power could end racism? How would that work, exactly?
 
Night_Trekker said:
That's a pretty simplistic viewpoint you have there.
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Well he isn't far off. A lot of wars have been waged fueled by racism or relgious reasons. Even if that isn't the true reason why the people on top started it, the masses followed along and believed.
 
Night_Trekker said:
Someone in a position of power could end racism? How would that work, exactly?
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Ok, at least deal with the Meet the Spartans bullshit.
:lol :lol

I'm actually talking about education more than anything. If you're going to be racist, at least use the correct terms. Canadian does not compute.
 
When I was a little kid I thought black people should be called brown, since their skin wasn't actually pitch black.

And white people should be called peach.
 
Blackace said:
Well he isn't far off. A lot of wars have been waged fueled by racism or relgious reasons. Even if that isn't the true reason why the people on top started it, the masses followed along and believed.
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Yeah, he's partially right. Ignorance can fuel or incite conflict, but it's not the sole driving factor, which was my point.

DoctorWho said:
Ok, at least deal with the Meet the Spartans bullshit.
:lol :lol
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Now there's something a good law could fix.

Branduil said:
When I was a little kid I thought black people should be called brown, since their skin wasn't actually pitch black.

And white people should be called peach.
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When I came home from the first day of preschool I told my mom I saw "a chocolate boy" in my class :lol
 
Being a Canadian... I'm kind of flattered. It's nice to know some one cares enough to hate us.

EDIT - in retaliation I say we Canadians start referring to taking a shit as dropping a Washington.
 
DoctorWho said:
Again,

Meet the Spartans is probably going to be number one at the box office and now this stupid bullshit.

Srsly, guys. I know that most of the Americans that post on NeoGAF aren't idiots. Can you put yourselves into positions of power and clean up this stupid mess.
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Today's America is pretty good proof that stupid wins.
 
Goldrusher said:
Lol.

I remember the Dutch use(d) "Finn" instead of "Moroccan".
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I've heard people using the word Finn and i kept wondering wtf are they referring to until it finally sunk in, Its a term they have adopted for Moroccans. There is really no hope for humanity.
 
Don't get me wrong some of my best friends are Canadian but I won't want them to date my daughter.


All in all, there really isn't that much we can do about this. If people have these thoughts they should speak them. Whites are prejudiced against other whites and blacks are prejudiced against other blacks. It is human nature.
 
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