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So "Wetbacks"... Racist?

posted 9 years ago by SnoopyStyle
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Is the use of Wetbacks racist? Is it trying to say that it's NOT racist?

I didn't take it that way. I just thought the writers were trying to be funny, since it was whites trying to get into Mexico instead of the other way around.

[–] acwmane 9 years ago

Yeah. That whole exchange was a clever highlight of the irony of how different the cultural, and immigration situation was back then, compared to how it is now.

[–] SnoopyStyle 9 years ago

Can we do the n* word next?

[–] scockery 9 years ago

The oldest found use of the term is from 1920.

They also used "Bean-eater", which goes back to 1910.

The series is trying to be funny/relevant but just comes across as stupid.

[–] SnoopyStyle 9 years ago

The problem is going to be some people will say that the Mexicans called the whites Wetbacks first.

[–] opryphantom1 9 years ago

White "wet backs" if you count wading across the Brazos heading south.