http://www.nationalpost.com/most_popular/story.html?id=261254
National Post [Canada]
24 January 2008
In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial slur?
Graeme Hamilton, National Post
[...] "Canadian" has apparently become a code word for blacks among American racists. [...]
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=272694
National Post [Canada]
30 January 2008
Letters
The 'N' & 'C' words
While visiting in Florida last spring, our niece informed us that people in the service industry there don't like Canadians because they are known as bad tippers. It is possible that someone had made a comment about a niggardly tip from a Canadian customer and, since Southerners can be assumed to meet the North American average as poor spellers, "Canadian" became a code for the N-word.
Bruce R. Barlow, Nanaimo, B.C.
National Post [Canada]
24 January 2008
In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial slur?
Graeme Hamilton, National Post
[...] "Canadian" has apparently become a code word for blacks among American racists. [...]
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=272694
National Post [Canada]
30 January 2008
Letters
The 'N' & 'C' words
While visiting in Florida last spring, our niece informed us that people in the service industry there don't like Canadians because they are known as bad tippers. It is possible that someone had made a comment about a niggardly tip from a Canadian customer and, since Southerners can be assumed to meet the North American average as poor spellers, "Canadian" became a code for the N-word.
Bruce R. Barlow, Nanaimo, B.C.
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