2006-12-17 21:27:28 · 6 answers · asked by p-nut butter princess 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
My parents were from Missouri and Kansas as were their parents and they called them "NiggerToes". As a child I never thought the term was derogatory or an insult to African-Americans, just a way of identifying a certain nut in the can of mixed nuts. My Dad really liked them, it wasn't like he wanted to remove them and throw them out, I think thats just the way a generation was raised. Unfortunately, the word when used by whites, has taken a whole different meaning amongst African-Americans. I like to think the word has no color reference today and has evolved in the American dialect to mean: a person (of ANY color) who does cheap, shoddy work. One who does anothers dirty work without any respect or deserving of any. I do not believe the word has any color conotation except when used in mixed company. I know my African-American friends use the word daily and frequently, as on the hit TV show "The Wire". I also understand the history associated with the word and therefore do no use it, but also do not think it carries with it the significance a lot of people would want it to, except in cases like Michael Richards deliberately using it to insult and provoke.
2006-12-17 21:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by constablekenworthysboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hillbilly nuts.
2006-12-18 05:29:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black toes - not going to catch me saying the bad word
2006-12-18 05:31:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Candlenuts. If my southern what?
2006-12-18 11:59:15 · answer #4 · answered by Lady G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not going to tell you what my southern family called them, it's racist.
2006-12-18 05:29:18 · answer #5 · answered by Hillaryforpresident 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
****** toes.
2006-12-18 05:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by Billy FZ1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋