Racial slur from Grandpa!
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ZetaTauri — 19 years ago(May 16, 2006 07:52 AM)
The term was probably not considered racist at the time. I seem to remember reading that in 1954 there was an immigration plan aimed at Mexican immigrants, and it was actually called "Operation Wetback." It was designed to capture illegal immigrants using the Gulf of Mexico to gain entry into the US.
So, if the US Government in the 50s and 60s sanctioned that term as the official name, TV writers would not have considered it a racist slur like we would (and should) nowadays.- Frank
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Tresix — 19 years ago(June 12, 2006 10:53 AM)
"All in the Family" and "Sanford & Son" are two of my favorite shows (especially "AITF"). I would expect to hear racial slurs on those shows because of the lead characters prejudices. Hearing such a term on a show like "The Munsters" was a shock because of the era in which the show aired, plus the Munsters weren't exactly candidates for KKK membership. Hearing a word like that come out of Grandpa's mouth was a true shock, even by today's standards. It would be like seeing a black person on a show like "The Andy Griffith Show" and hearing Floyd or Gomer call them a "coon" or "spook".
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floydpinque — 19 years ago(January 04, 2007 11:19 PM)
Don't forget that the episode where Herman works for 'Mr Tom Fong' the Asian Laundromat ownerthat not only was a stereotype but Jewish American comedian Benny Rubin played the role.
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floydpinque — 19 years ago(January 17, 2007 11:45 PM)
Hi again Tresix,
Yeah, and while I am not Asian myself, it had/has to agitate them to see Occidentials play stereotypical Orientals going all the way back to the Sidney Toler/Warner Oland Charlie Chan movies.
A look thru the imdb info will show that Rubin and Scotti have played many ethnic characters against-type in their distinguished careers.
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cassavet — 19 years ago(February 13, 2007 01:56 AM)
I myself was rather shocked when I opened up an early 1980s National Geographic magazine and saw a subheading entitled "Wetbacks" in a story about San Antonio. As the term referred to illegal immigrants from across the Rio Grande, I think the word was used commonly and not only by Anglos and not necessarily as a slur (or not perceived widely as such then).
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Tresix — 19 years ago(March 12, 2007 12:01 PM)
"Wetback" is a derogatory term towards Mexicans (for those who swam across the Rio Grande River to get into the U.S.). Understand the racism (or nationalism) now?
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hatshapedhat — 19 years ago(March 18, 2007 08:02 PM)
I just finished watching this episode. I did notice that. I was also surprised (and amused) in the same episode when Herman put on the very stereotypical Asian disguise from his Official Disguise Kit and used the accent with the couple sitting on the park bench. I don't think it's anything to be offended over, but it does serve as a contrast to the sugar water sitcoms networks are producing today (with a few exceptions)
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Tresix — 19 years ago(March 21, 2007 12:39 PM)
I'm thinking to an episode of "Will & Grace" where someone called a Mexican character "Tamale" and everyone got upset about it. The character wasn't supposed to be nice, so I would expect them to use a term like that.
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ridgerunner72160-609-362419 — 15 years ago(February 03, 2011 09:38 PM)
Every time I see a bunch of wetbacks sneaking over the wall or across the Rio Grande and then coming here, hoisting up their crappy wetback mexican flag and then half of my paycheck is stolen (the feds call it taxed) to provide all kinds of freebies for them, I call them a lot worse than 'wetbacks'. I have no use for them and despise them. What they are doing nowadays is an act of war and if this country had any kind of government whatsoever they would pull the troops from all of these spots where they're policing the world and have them here on the mexican border with orders to shoot to kill all illegal invaders. Unfortunately, as long as a Commiecrat or a RINO is squatting in the White House it'll take vigilante action to do anything about the illegal invasion of this country by wetbacks.
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trollomatic — 13 years ago(May 24, 2012 08:26 PM)
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and it isn't even a real mexican holiday:
http://uscommonsense.net/2010/05/07/cinco-de-mayo-and-american-patriot ism/
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/07/report-houston-student-suspended -for-taking-down-mexican-flag/
houston students suspended for taking down mexican flaghttp://www.wnd.com/2010/05/151053/
texas student suspended for taking down mexican fkag which was flying higher than the american flagroyse city public schools punish students for displaying American flags on their cars because it offends the mexicans at the school and in the city:
http://forum.lakelavonfishing.com/index.php?topic=5318.0;wap2
http://www.39online.com/news/local/kiah-mexican-flag-story,0,6151390.s tory -
ridgerunner72160-609-362419 — 13 years ago(May 25, 2012 12:24 AM)
The public schools and universities in this country have gone completely insane. I graduated from high school in 1978 and from LSU in 1983, but with the way schools have become nothing more than left wing extremist indoctrination centers they'd probably kick me out if I were a student nowadays for rebelling against their political correctness, open borders globalist agenda.
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trollomatic — 13 years ago(June 26, 2012 02:08 PM)
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The public schools and universities in this country have gone completely insane. I graduated from high school in 1978 and from LSU in 1983, but with the way schools have become nothing more than left wing extremist indoctrination centers they'd probably kick me out if I were a student nowadays for rebelling against their political correctness, open borders globalist agenda.
the thing that gest me id IF it was a place where you get a free pizza but only if ordered in English, then they would say it's racist against mexicans and the spanish.
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trollomatic — 13 years ago(May 26, 2012 02:56 PM)
http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2012/05/free-pizza-for-orders-in-spani sh-is-that-fair/
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sagatorel — 14 years ago(April 13, 2011 04:49 PM)
It's the PC world gone mad. They used to have a show here in Spain in the 80's, the english in spain are called English SheepShaggers from London and limeys, on reruns, thankful they have left it in, and people still shout those nicknames for the english when Spain plays them in football.