Minstrel songs were known as coon songs, but not for that reason. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of chuty001 Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NJC coon dog
I always thought it was the black face with glowing white eyes and teeth but what do I know ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Notaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'kasey simpson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'colin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Lori Fye'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'jmdl'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: RE: NJC coon dog > 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
