In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial slur?

[gsdx]

Re: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial sl

"There is a double meaning to that word and I didn't know it. I was horrified when I learned what it was, and I immediately addressed the issue with the people who brought it up," Mr. Trent told a local Fox News reporter in a recent interview.
"I'd never heard of Canadian being used as a term for a black person or for a racial slur," he said.
"If I had, I would never send that out in an office-wide e-mail that's going to go to people who are going to be offended if they recognize it as such. That would be crazy.... I'm not a racist. I'm not a bigot," Mr. Trent said.

(snip)

It is unusual that a seasoned attorney like Mr. Trent would not have wondered how a Harris County jury came to be stacked with Canadians.

That was my first thought.

Personally, I think he's trying to clean the egg off his face and he didn't spray it with Pam first.

 

[G-Lexington]

Re: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial sl

I'd say it's only fair. "American" has been a slur in Canada for eons.

Lex

 

[backpacker]

Re: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial sl

That's news to me. I lived in Houston at the time of the trial and had never heard it. Since my family is from Canada, I normally notice references to Canadians. I don't recall ever hearing anything unusual. I live in Atlanta now and I've never heard it here.

 

[BigDestiny]

Re: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial sl

I'd say it's only fair. "American" has been a slur in Canada for eons.

Lex

It's funny cause it's true.

 

[jhmphx]

Re: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial sl

Yeah, Canadian is used for African American sometimes, so that you can be racist in mixed company.

 

[chatolandia]

Re: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial sl

Wow!


Ironically some people at the pottery call me Canadian...

but this is due to an unrelated incident...

 

[bigblock]

Re: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial sl

Never heard of it. People where I'm from who chose to slur the black population still use the same words their father and their fathers used.

 

[Soyboy]

Re: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial sl

I live in Atlanta and I have never heard of this. Racist people just use other choice words.