ValnaoMar 17

This is why RAM prices are going up. This is why americans are paying more for electricity

https://sh.itjust.works/post/56958576

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Show threadFUCKING_CUNO
All fun and games until you remember the Italian slur for black folks translates to “eggplant”
Mar 17 at 3:57pmWeb
Show threadSonotsugipaaMar 17
I’ve never heard “melanzana” being used as a slur for black people, are you confusing it with “fennel” being a slur for gay men or is that a regional thing?
Show threadFUCKING_CUNOMar 17
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mulignan
Urban Dictionary: Mulignan

It's an ethnic slur for a black person, seemingly common for Italian-Americans. As User says, it comes from the Southern Italian mulignana, meaning eggplant, though most sources listed it as Sicilian.

Urban Dictionary
Show threadSonotsugipaaMar 17

I wouldn’t actually have bet on it being a regional thing, holy shit I’m clairvoyant

… that is if “Italian-American” counts as a regional thing, but I’ll allow it. Just this once.

Show threadLeft as CenterMar 17
I didn’t know that, but still racist is what struck me quickly
Show threadpewpewMar 17
As an italian I’ve never heard that. People just say the N word (which is literally the word “black” in spanish).
Show threadMountingSuspicionMar 17
I’m coming from a US centric place, but I’m pretty sure the N word is generally used to mean a very specific word which is notably not the Spanish word for black. Do people call the Spanish word the N word too in other countries?
Show threadslowcakes6d ago
You say zucchini to eggplant, isn’t zucchini another vegetable (green).
Show threadnogooduser6d ago

I have heard it used as a racial slurs once I the film True Romance (1993). It has a scene where Dennis Hopper’s character is explaining to Christopher Walken’s character (a Sicilian) how he’s “part eggplant” due to the fact that the Moors conquered Sicily in the past.

I’d link to the scene on YouTube but I don’t want to as it’s very racist.

Show threadislandcoda422d ago
Such a great scene tho, dialog written by Tarantino. “Could I have one of those Chesterfield’s now?”