I was watching Clerks 2. One of the guys that works at the restaurant called an african american a porch monkey. I had never heard that in my life. I was just sitting there wondering what the heck he was talking about! I finally got the hint when his friend said that he was using a racial slur. Has anyone else heard of this slur because it's new to me. I would have classified porch monkeys as the old people who sit out on their porch in front of their homes watching the cars pass. (Please don't be offended, I was just wondering if this was common knowledge or if no one else knew this one.)
2007-03-17 11:47:12 · 19 answers · asked by Violation Notice 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
My husband didn't know what it meant either.
2007-03-17 11:54:17 · update #1
I didn't till that movie too and that's funny cause I thought it meant the same thing as you.
2007-03-17 12:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have never heard that particular slur, but i knew what it was as soon as i read it in your question.
i remember many years ago a sports announcer got fired because he called a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins a "monkey" because he was so quick and able to get away from defenders. he did not mean it as a racial slur, and i think that was taking the matter too far.
2007-03-17 19:02:45 · answer #2 · answered by IMAGUY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're being serious, I'm shocked. I know the slur and I really thought most people were aware of it. I first heard it when I was around 10 years old.
I haven't heard it in awhile and I thought it was kind of old fashioned.
2007-03-17 18:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it`s an old racist term.what`s weird is there`s a bar in the Caribean called"Porch Monkey`s"
2007-03-17 18:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by Rich B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have heard that slur.
2007-03-17 18:52:38 · answer #5 · answered by Bowllynn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard the time quite frequently in the past (I'm not
a teen anymore), your interpretation is correct
enough (maybe too much) said
P.S. it's very offense, even to me, best you forget you heard it
2007-03-17 19:01:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, that is a racial slur that i didnt really hear much til college
i believe NAS even uses it in one of his songs.
2007-03-17 18:51:08 · answer #7 · answered by Tom B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an older racial slur--- naughty and wrong.
2007-03-17 18:50:10 · answer #8 · answered by missellie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have heard it.
2007-03-17 18:52:37 · answer #9 · answered by eeyoree rocks2003 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have heard of it.
2007-03-17 18:49:42 · answer #10 · answered by Nico 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋