Racism at it's finest.Rant Warning!!

We joke that my brother-in-law (French/Native/Irish) is the "minority du jour". He inherited dark skin and curly hair from his (French/Native) dad, and when he was a boy the word around town was that his mum had adopted a little "negro child". My inlaws thought this was hilarious. When my BIL was older he got work in a video store, only to find out that the boss had hired him thinking he was Palestinian, just like him. Lots of people think he's Arabic. He's also been asked if he's Egyptian.

 

Ignorance!

Once my dad was being ugly about my dh and called him a "Mexican" in a very derogatory manner. Okay,of course there is nothing wrong with being from Mexico unless your ancesters are actually from Spain.

My dad asked, "whats the difference?" :?:

THERE IS AN OCEAN IN BETWEEN! :roll:

 

'Dork' does not mean 'idiot'??
I'm not disputing anyone's info about 'gypped', but some time ago our paper ran a story about a group of gypsy people running a scam in local grocery stores. A family-like group would go in, a member would distract an employee, and other members would shoplift.

 

This still angers me, nearly 25 years later.
When my son was a baby, a jerk at my job began harrassing me cause he was biracial. This twit would ask incredible stuff- were the soles of his feet pink, etc. It took me threatening him, his boss, and my boss with filing a formal complaint with personnel before he let up. People can be so incredibly rude.

 

Dork means THAT??? I did not know that. There's one word scrapped form my vocabulary...wow...

 

I can't find anything that says "dork" is specifically a whale's penis. What I've got is that the word emerged in the sixties as student slang meaning "idiot". However, it may have been an alteration of another word for penis beginning with "d" (I'm sure you know which one).

1964 is the earliest recorded appearance of the word. By 1967 it was being used to mean "idiot" on campuses.

P.S. A google search did turn up one reference to the whale's penis story, but only in the context of a schoolyard rumour, which was discounted by the etymologist being questioned.

 

Ha! DS says "dork" all the time. I suppose it could be worst. he could adopt some of the choice phrases that DH uses.


And when I said I won't say jap. I mean as in "Get away from me you dumb Jap" Yes I heard someone say that to a Japanese person.

 

As for me, looking at me you would never be able to tell what I am. I look kinda mixed up. People stare all the time and then yes there are some who have to ask. It doesn't bother me. I once had a neighbor who insisted on speaking Spanish to me even though I told him I wasn't Spanish. lol. I don't really have an accent. However some words I say come out with an accent, I also have that Trini slang thing going on. Want a Sample!

Like you say
What are you guys doing?
I'll say What Allyuh doing?
you say I'll be there in a bit.
I'll say Ah coming jus now Which could me an hour, tomorrow or never. LOL
You say I put to much seasoning in the sauce.
I'll say Meh hand slip.
When your child acts up you may say
Why are you acting up?
I say
What scene yuh on?
You say I don't care for that guy much
I say Meh blood eh take him nah.

Oh I have plenty more. That was fun!

 

Words cannot describe how much I love this one!!!!

Thank you for sharing.