The clue, “Pitch to the head, informally,” in yesterday’s New York Times crossword has the paper apologizing today for unintentionally using the racial slur, “beaner” as part of their puzzle. More
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My best friend in boot camp was a Mexican guy who called himself Carlos the Wetback.
He was one funny dude.
Got me in trouble all the time.
I got into trouble, years ago, using the word niggardly in a business meeting — which does *not* have any racist meaning whatsoever. That didn’t stop the stupid, ill-educated ones from gasping however. (And, I learned: never rock a boat; stay inside the lines and never, ever risk offending.) ….Lady in Red
I’m niggardly….wouldn’t give a penny or two drops of sweat to NY Times.
I too have a lot of American Hispanic friends and quite frankly, I’m offended.
Four letter word that when combined with ‘& Span’ means clean and tidy….also a household cleaning product….
Well, not that offended, because they’d laugh too. How many beaners are there here besides WillyGoatsGruff and Joe6Pac. LOL
What do you call a half-Wop, half-Chink?
A slant italic.
I think that’s funny. No, this honky won’t apologize.
Brad, you’ve never declared a heritage as far as I remember. I bet you’re a ‘soup taker’. have moe tom explain that to ya…..
Poor Willy, still chasing wind mills. In an extremely artistic manner though.
The problem with chasing wind mills is there full of debris and hot air in the summer….ice a nothing but torn sails in the winter….
Willy, my heritage is Dutch primarily. And you know what they say. If you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much. LOL
BENITO, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES, WE LOVE YOU, MAN!
That explains the torn sails and wooden shoes….
I’M QUITE HONORED!!
Brad, joe6pak is a beaner? My mom and my wife will be surprised as hell! And my blonde hair, blue eyed kids are going to wonder as well. I’ll tell them I’m from northern mexico. Yeah, that’s it.
Years ago the Los Angeles Times put in their style manual not to use the word “nip” to describe a chill in the air because it is derogatory towards Japanese.
What’s next doo-wop?
joe6pak
O.K. A Scandinavian beaner. LOL. The wifes an Irish beaner. She’s been doing all the landscape lately.
My failed attempt tonight to declare I know some very patriotic American Mexicans.
you might hear an old timer in ‘olde’ New England say something is ‘just slick as a bean’ when things work out perfectly.
So does this all mean that we can no longer call the thing we put on our heads a ‘beanie?’
I demand that beanies with propellors be exempt.
Brad, You probably know more beaners that me, but the guys and gals I know, that have family’s and jobs are fine people. In 62 years I’ve cut enough grass, dug enough holes, and drank enough margaritas that I can get along with those guys. I think that we agree in the sense that a good guy, is a good guy, and a bad guy is shit. I can get along with good guys.
I’m kidding about cutting grass, digging holes, drinking margaritas, I’ve never seen any of those guys doing that.
RadioMattM –
When I see or hear the word ‘nip’…. I’m not thinking about Japanese people.
joe6pak
When you, me, and the womenz go on vacation together, I have some funny ass stories to tell you.
Next, they’re going to say taco bender is off limits, too.
“Neener-neener-neener! We want The Beaner!” What the kids yelled at a high school basketball game if my brother wasn’t on the court. Of course that was about twenty years ago when our mascot was still an Indian.
We don’t get offended. We are grateful to be here.
I’m pretty sure the majority of my dads family, the Mexi side, voted Trump.
Viva Los Estados Unidos!
I’m puzzled about what to call a person who has one parent from Niger and another parent from Nigeria.
A Nig-Nig? or a Nig-Nig? a Double Nig?
What do you call an albino negro? A black? I don’t think so.
What do you call a guy who may have been born in Kenya, claims he was born in Hawaii, was brought up in Indonesia, and boasts of having a law degree from Harvard? A big fat Phoney.