Re: [GRN] Caneco does anyone know what this translates to

'Nuno Cardoso da Silva' via Goa-Research-Net Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:56:51 -0700

Pedro,

Ninety nine percent of the Portuguese people took it as perfectly normal for a rather dark skinned son of a well known Goan to be Prime Minister of Portugal. But you prefer to draw the attention to the very few instances in which some idiots used slurs when referring to António Costa. Why am I not surprised?...And you also forgot to mention that while António Costa was Prime Minister, three other Goans held cabinet posts...

With my kindest regards

Nuno

Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2024 at 11:34 AM
From: "'Pedro Mascarenhas' via Goa-Research-Net" <goa-research-net@googlegroups.com>
To: "'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net" <goa-research-net@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [GRN] Caneco does anyone know what this translates to

Dear Selma

On social media (blogs, forums, private conversations in restaurants, etc.) António Costa, former prime minister, was called " caneco", "monhé", "chamuça", or even "black".

Before Mozambique's independence, racist Portuguese settlers used the word canecos as a racial slur for Goans. The word means a mug or top-hat.

An 80-year-old Goan told me years ago that the word was first used in the city of Beira (Mozambique) at the church door before a wedding: A goan guest who put his top-hat on his head upside down. He was the object of laughter and they said to him - Você parece um caneco, You look like a mug. Whether it was a joke or not, no one could confirm it for me.

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 01:11:36 AM GMT+1, 'Victor Rangel-ribeiro' via Goa-Research-Net <goa-research-net@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Selma, I was a child in Goa in the 1920s and 1930s when the phrase was being used, to denote someone who did not quite belong, an outcast, but it had nothing to do with caste. Hope this helps.

Warmest regards,

Victor

On Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 02:38:51 PM EDT, 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net <goa-research-net@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Dear members,

I have for many years been trying to find out the exact meaning of this slur that was used for Goans by the Portuguese 'caneco.' About a decade ago we had an interesting discussion on Goanet about this but nothing conclusive was arrived at. The word itself means mug, but how and why was it used as a slur.

Any imput appreciated.

Thank you,

selma

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