Do you think coonass is a racial slur?

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Goose
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11:13a, 10/16/08
Most true coonasses I know take the title as a badge of honor. Oh the irony.
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tiny94
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11:14a, 10/16/08
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11:15a, 10/16/08
Yea. I remember when they made a big deal about Nick Saban saying it a few years ago on the phone. I didn't know what the big deal was. It's just a more specific term for rednecks from the swamp.
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11:17a, 10/16/08
coonass=cajun
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hihozippo
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11:19a, 10/16/08
Having grown up in S. LA. and gone to undergrad there in the state - no, I don't think it is a slur.

Of course I had a boss from IL tell me it was racist to call some migratory workers around here, Mexican. It's all in your perception I guess...
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Stoney
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11:30a, 10/16/08
duragatory?
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wapa
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11:34a, 10/16/08
My mom was married to a Bubba Quibodeaux, before my dad. It doesn't get much more coonass than that.
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GCRanger
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11:47a, 10/16/08
I've always used coonass to describe LSU fans. Never known it to be racist.
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p1 Claire
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11:50a, 10/16/08
Nope...I know a lot of NOites that call themselves coonasses.
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11:52a, 10/16/08
this question hurts my heart.

and no its not racial...its a derogatory regional term for french cajuns from southern LA.
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11:56a, 10/16/08
I'm from south Louisiana..... Everyone I know back home is a coonass and damn proud of it.
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12:02p, 10/16/08
I've spent a lot of time in Southern Louisiana and I've always heard the definition of coonass is half french and half black.
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Javelina
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12:05p, 10/16/08
In my experience, the folks that actually live out on the swamps are proud to be called that. As you move into the cities, it's seen as derogatory.
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