[Ads-l] Antedating of "Oreo"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun May 26 00:35:15 UTC 2024


Oreo (OED, 2., 1968 [19 Dec.])

1968 "Understanding and Working with the Power Structure in the Mexican-American Community" 31 Oct.7 (ERIC ED030506, Internet Archive)

We have to some extent the same hangup the Negro has – his oreo, black on the outside and white on the inside.

Fred Shapiro



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