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DanaC · 01-07-2009, 01:36 PM

Ok. Eggplant I've heard of. Mul(ignan)?

Oh and Canadian?

[eta] I've never heard black people called spooks before.

Happy Monkey · 01-07-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Ok. Eggplant I've heard of. Mul(ignan)?

Oh and Canadian?

[eta] I've never heard black people called spooks before.

"Spooks" is called "MI-5" in the US.

DanaC · 01-08-2009, 05:38 AM

Ahhh. Ok. This all makes sense now. Thanks Pie and HM.

See, for me, when I heard the word 'spook' for a black dog, i thought becaue he's a dark furred animal and might move through night like a spook/ghost. But then I thought....oh!...if earlier generations of racsts weren't seeing black people as entirely human, would they have made that same kind of association for black people?

But clearly...it's got fuck all to do with that :P

Griff · 01-08-2009, 06:29 AM

...and let's not pretend racism makes sense.

01-08-2009, 06:29 AM	#4
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01-07-2009, 01:36 PM	#1
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ok. Eggplant I've heard of. Mul(ignan)? Oh and Canadian? [eta] I've never heard black people called spooks before.

01-08-2009, 05:38 AM	#3
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ahhh. Ok. This all makes sense now. Thanks Pie and HM. See, for me, when I heard the word 'spook' for a black dog, i thought becaue he's a dark furred animal and might move through night like a spook/ghost. But then I thought....oh!...if earlier generations of racsts weren't seeing black people as entirely human, would they have made that same kind of association for black people? But clearly...it's got fuck all to do with that :P

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