Guinea (was Re: Asian = Oriental, etc.)

[Victoria Neufeldt]

On Thursday, February 08, 2001 10:50 PM, Gregory {Greg} Downing wrote:
> Subject: Guinea (was Re: Asian = Oriental, etc.)
>
> Why Guinea? From the (offensive) generalization that downscale
> urbanites of
> Italian background are wannabe-macho types who are supposed to be wife
> beaters. "Guinea tee" is the old-time tee-shirt or undershirt that is
> frequently pressed into service as casual outerware below a certain income
> level.
[snip]
> Greg Downing, at greg.downing at nyu.edu or gd2 at nyu.edu

Maybe this answer is meaningful to everyone else, but I still don't get it.
What has Guinea to do with Italians?

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