Coon also refers to a rustic, country, or undignified person, as to where the raccoons live. That negative connotation unfortunately was attached to African Americans who were, through no fault of their own, rural.
Jerry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kasey simpson Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:57 PM To: colin; Lori Fye; jmdl Subject: Fw: NJC coon dog Does anyone know why? I know how the "N" word got started but I never got "coon". But then there are may slurs I don't understand. Kasey > Then of course I realised that coon was short for Raccoon. Whereas is > in this country coon was an offensive word used by racists to > describe black people . Unfortunately, Colin, it's used that way in the U.S., too. Lori ~Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
