An unexpected occurrence of an ethnic slur

[Marc Velasco]

Can't remember a specific but weren't there a lot of anti semitic lyrics
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in early Rap?
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maybe a different question would be what exactly is white.  jews, I-talians,
and spaniards, were/are all considered non-white ethnicities, right?  even
germans have been marginalized (in the US).  pre-1960s/70s, weren't jews and
italians sort of 'non invited' to Ivy league universities?

only 'whitey' seems to target generic whites.  to my ear, honkey and cracker
are as much class-based as ethnicity-based slurs.



On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Paul <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com> wrote:

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> Can't remember a specific but weren't there a lot of anti semitic lyrics
> in early Rap?
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> Wilson Gray wrote:
> > In the song, "Garlic Blues," Helen Humes sings that her garlic-loving
> > boyfriend is
> >
> > "... just like a _dago_ ..."
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> > AFAIK, this is unique in black music. Well, there is the use of
> > "monkey-man" for a West Indian. But this is the only case that I know
> > of in which a slur against a white ethnic group occurs.
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> > -Wilson
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