Re: "Sambo's" etymology [was: California dining advice needed.]

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From: Geoff Miller
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:20

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Ciccio <francescod@comcast.com> writes:

[ to Tim May ]

> White racists for years used the term sambo to insult Blacks.
> And then the Blacks associated Sambo with racism... Imagine that.

B-but...isn't it the "in" thing nowadays to try and "take back"
terms that are perceived as pejorative?

>> "Reading be for whitey."

> And the Whites in the prison system have such a high literacy
> rate.  [rolls eyes].

You respond to an observation about the black population at large
with a retort that focuses only on the white *prison* population?
[rolls eyes]

Seems t'me I've seen this sort of changing-horses-in-midstream
"reasoning" from you before, Sitch. [scratches scrote]

Geoff

-- 
"Necropyroxenopedocanusphilia: Sex with dead 
 alien puppies on fire." -- Pete Ashdown

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