Boggles my mind.
I have heard the term cotton-pickin' since I was a lad, and not once
have I associated it with anything that the PC crowd would object to. If
I had to guess what the term refers to, I would say that it's because
slaves were used to pick cotton, and by a stretch, became (at least to
some) a racist slur.
Being raised in Canada, it's not something we would think of.
Because you mentioned Deputy Dawg, I had a look on YouTube. I don't
recall ever seeing it before. I landed on an episode featuring "Big
Chief No Treaty', which is probably considered racist by American Indians.
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What surprised me further though, was one of the commentsm (by GoblinXX)
who did not mention cotton-pickin', but had this to say:
"Big Chief No treaty" and starts out in a watermelon patch. Is there
any sway we can aver to Chinese laundries, maybe mention Jewish bankers,
we can insult EVERYBODY! ;)
Are we no longer supposed to say the word 'watermelon' or mention
Chinese laundries, or Jewish bankers without attracting the wrath of
someone looking for a reason to be outraged?
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