zip coon
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A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white peopleA black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.
Значение
значений: 2(устаревшее)A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.
(США, пренебрежительное, ethnic, устаревшее, оскорбительное, slur)A black man.
Происхождение
From a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) about a minstrel show character named ZipFrom a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) about a minstrel show character named Zip Coon. The song stereotypically portrays Zip Coon as unintelligent and incapable of assimilating into white American society.
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