>> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
>>> On 14/07/2011 6:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>> Oreo is also derogatory American slang.
>>>> I hadn't heard that -
>>
>>> Black on the outside. White on the inside.
>>
>> Honestly, I don't understand what that's supposed to mean.
>>
>
> A black person who doesn't act like the rest of their homies from the
> 'hood.
>
> cf: Lewis Hamilton, Tiger Woods, Barack Obama.
>
> The inverse (and quite derogatory) is "wigger". White folks who dress
> with pants down to their knees and oversided basketball shirts. If I'm
> not mistaken, the Brits call them "chavs".

So, it's a degoratory term used to designate someone from an unfavorable 
origin, who, through hard work, sacrifices and perseverence, managed to 
rise above that background.

If I was in that case, I would receive it as a GREAT compliment, an 
awsome acknowlegement and recognaisance of the great hard work of my 
parents, possibly grand-perents, and mine.

When you are from some gethoized culture, you realy have a duty of 
getting OUT of it and it's stigma. You should never wilignly stay in those.



Alain

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