Check this out: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial slur?
So wrong in so many ways. Discuss. (H/t: Buck)
Posted by Administrators on January 29, 2008 at 11:17 AM
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There is at least one precedent: the use (attributed to Sam Goldwyn) of “Bulgarians” to refer to Gay men.
Posted by: eric | Jan 29, 2008 1:30:36 PM
My civ pro exam last semester involved a Title VII claim of national-origin discrimination by a Canadian (someone actually from Canada). One student in a post-exam meeting said he struggled to answer the question because how could anyone prove she would be discriminated against for being Canadian. The answer to that is more complex than I thought.
Posted by: Howard Wasserman | Jan 29, 2008 12:30:09 PM
This went public at Defending People by Mark Bennett, and eventually found its way into the mainstream.
http://www.bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/01/memo-to-kelly-siegler-blame-canada.html
Posted by: SHG | Jan 29, 2008 12:28:10 PM