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Tim Pierce ([personal profile] topaz) wrote2008-01-28 11:25 am
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"Canadian" is the new "nigger"

"Canadian" has become the new slur for "black" in some parts of the South, according to Canada's National Post.

I am so boggled I do not know where to begin.  Thanks be to [livejournal.com profile] kcatalyst for the tip.

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2008-01-28 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The more I think about it, I wonder if poor tipping might be the original connexion--or at least one of them. I didn't know about this reputation among Canadians, but blacks seem to be notorious for undertipping with a lot of servers.