If you hear Bill Clinton refer to Obama as “Canadian” watch out!!!
Article: Is term ‘Canadian’ used as racist word?
Sphere: Related ContentIs “Canadian” the new black? Perhaps – that is if you’re a racist speaking in code.Recent revelations that the term “Canadian” is being used to replace racist names for black people have got a Texas assistant district attorney into trouble and have left others wondering what exactly it means to be labelled a Canadian in the American south.
Long derogated as weak-kneed liberals with lax laws and funny monopoly money, Canadians have carried a negative connotation in certain regions of America – but not as a replacement for the N-word.
Earlier this week a columnist with the Houston Chronicle uncovered an email from Harris County assistant district attorney Mike Trent who, in a congratulatory note to a junior prosecutor, used the word “Canadians” to describe blacks on a jury.
Trent wrote of the prosecutor in a 2003 email: “He overcame a subversively good defence by Matt Hennessey that had some Canadians on the jury feeling sorry for the defendant and forced them to do the right thing.”
Trent’s email remained unchallenged by colleagues who received the email, despite there being no actual Canadians on the jury.
But when Trent’s office came under scrutiny this month over an unrelated incident, the email was unearthed, leaving Trent open to accusations of bigotry.
Those accusations are grounded in allegations that the use of “Canadians” was in keeping with the definition listed on an online racial slurs database that defines “Canadian” as a masked replacement for the N-word.
In his own defence, Trent said he honestly thought there had been Canadians on the jury and did not understand the negative connotation of the word.
Others, including the columnist with the Houston Chronicle initially thought the reference to Canadians may have been a misspelling of Californians, who are themselves seen to espouse many of the same liberal values as Canadians.
Despite the controversy, Henry Wells, a Texan and media relations officer with the Canadian Consulate General in Dallas, says he has never heard the term used in a racial manner before.
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January 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
That is a big fat lie he told. Any attorney who knows the law will know that the jury can only be made up of American citizens. So he’s lying or stupid. Pick one.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
HC is the political cruella DeVille. We know she doesnt mean it…besides she cant even do her stumpin’ with out Billy….she needs as all of the horses in the race, to focus on education, iraq, and the econonmy….the stimulus is a farce…
(the midas touch) …regardless i feel for who ever wins this horse race (poor mr or mrs next president)
January 31st, 2008 at 10:26 am
And here I thought calling someone a “Canadian” was an insult just because they’re a bunch of chinless socialist pussies. Color me enlightened!!