Re: Asian-ness (was Re: "Whiteness" Re: Obseneties)
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 2, 2000, 2:38 |
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY wrote:
> > -"banana" => utterly Americanized Asians (in the tragic sense of "they
> > have lost their marbles and their heritage and gone too gung ho on American
> > values of the lowest common denominator")
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> That's a new one on me.
I believe "banana" is an imitation of "Oreo", meaning "a person black on
the outside, white on the inside". This originally meant someone who
identified themselves with the oppressive elements in society, but
now can (alas) refer to anyone of education whatsoever.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
"[O]n the whole I'd rather make love than shoot guns [...]"
--Eric Raymond