zip coon
zip coon · zip coons
A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white peopleA black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.
Meaning
2 senses(dated)A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.
(US, derogatory, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slur)A black man.
Origin
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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