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Pickaninny
It is a pidgin word form, which may be derived from the Portuguese pequenino (an affectionate term derived from pequeno ("little"). ... An article on the Pickaninny caricature -
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Robert W. Service
Words used in Service's poetry include jerries (Germans), dago (Italian), pickaninny (in reference to a Mozambican infant), cheechako (newcomer to the Yukon and Alaska gold fields, usually from the U.S.), nigger (African-American), squaw (Aboriginal woman), and Jap (Japanese). -
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List of English words of Portuguese origin
Negro means "black" in Spanish and Portuguese, being from the Latin word niger (Dative nigro, Accusative nigrum) of the same meaning. ... Pickaninny -
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List of QI episodes (A series)
He also invented the word 'boredom'. ... In Pidgin English, Prince Charles is rendered as Number 1 pickaninny belong Mrs. Queen. -
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Pickaninny stereotype of black children (in the character of Topsy); ... ↑ The Word Detective, issue of May 20, 2003, accessed Feb. 16, 2007. -
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Evan Mecham
Among these actions were the cancellation of the state's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, attributing high divorce rates to working women, and his defense of the word "pickaninny." -
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List of ethnic slurs
Origin is from the Arab word kafir meaning 'infidel' used in the early Arab trading posts in Africa. ... Pickaninny -
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Albino (chess)
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. ... The mate in 2 to the right, which combines the Albino with a Pickaninny, is an example. -
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W. C. Handy
Perhaps “haunting” is the better word.” ... "Two young white ladies from Selma, Alabama (Madelyn Sheppard and Annelu Burns) contributed the songs "Pickaninny Rose" and "O Saroo", with the music published by Handy's company. -
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Little Black Sambo
The story may have contributed to the use of the word "sambo" as a racial slur. ... In 1932 Langston Hughes criticised Little Black Sambo as a typical "pickaninny" storybook which was hurtful to black children, and gradually the book disappeared from lists of recommended stories for children.
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