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I'm Sorry, 'Porch Monkey'?



Ok, for me this was the first time i EVER heard this racial slure, other slurs Randal mentioned i knew of, but can someone please clarify how 'Porch Monkey' is one of them?

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I heard the term "yard ape" used in the children's book "Ramona the Pest"

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I heard this as a kid. I didn't know it was a widely known racial slur.

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That's the only place Ive ever heard "yard ape" used too, although I can see how it could bee seen as racist...

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I think Kevin got this from my old tech school. The Dean or someone in a meeting called the people in Katrina a bunch porch monkeys. It was on the national news and stuff. I had never heard till then. When people told me what was going on I was just like.... um whats that. When I saw this it gave me a chuckle thinking it came from that incident.

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I don't think I'd ever heard it before I saw this movie either, but in the years since I've read it countless times in the comments sections of blogs and news stories, because the internet is a wonderful place.

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Gotta be a geographical thing, because everyone I watch it with out here in the Bay Area, CA has never heard it either...


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Drive through the ghetto in the summertime. You will understand it.






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Pickle *beep*

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I'd never heard it until Clerks II, either - which I suppose is a good thing. The world needs less racial slurs and more proud self-identifiers, so well done to the movie for 'taking it back'!






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I've heard of it before, kinda surprised that most haven't heard of it before the film.

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Its kinda like Tree Hockey lol

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