Aunt Jemima / Aunt Jane / Aunt Mary / Aunt Sally (U.S.) a black woman who “kisses up” to whites, a “sellout,” female counterpart of Uncle Tom.[10][...]
Archive for May, 2014
Slur of the Day: Where did the term “honkey” originate?
Honky also spelled “honkey” or “honkie” (1) (U.S.) an offensive term for a white person. Derived from an African-American pronunciation of “hunky“, the disparaging term for a Hungarian laborer. The first record of its use as an insulting term for a white person da[...]
UKRAINE: Is this how WW III, the nuclear WW, begins?
Ukraine Attacks Pro Russian Forces: ‘Many’ insurgents killed in Slovyansk The AP is reporting that Ukraine has sent its military into SLOVYANSK, wounding or killing the Russian surrogate forces that have seized government buildings across the east. The Kremlin said Kiev’s offen[...]
Slur of the Day
Shelta (Ireland) a pejorative term for the Travelling Folk. Derived from siúilta, which means “The Walkers” in Irish.[...]
How the rich fund our public sports activities.
As we approach the Kentucky Derby, I have been thinking about how those “sky boxes” and executive suites justify the billion dollar price tags of public arenas and stadiums? The answer may come from one of the oldest public sporting facilities n the US of A … the Kentucky Derby[...]
Slur of the Day: How I got to be a Kike
Kike or kyke From kikel, Yiddish for “circle”. Immigrant Jews signed legal documents with an “O” (similar to an “X”).[120][...]