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Quote Originally Posted by Lyle

I will now start my posts with: Attention negroes, wops, wetbacks, and coolies....thanks Bernard Hopkins
(and for all you thin skinned minorities, I am being sarcastic so if you get offended then you're an idiot)

Why are Mexicans called 'wetbacks'? (is that right?) ..... and what's a 'coolie'?

I like to be knowledgeable about my racists slurs!
I didn't know either but apparently...

Wetback- is a derogatory term for a person that has immigrated illegally to the United States. Commonly referring to Mexicans, the term is based on the presumption that the person in question swam or waded across the Rio Grande to get into the United States, getting his or her back wet in the process.

The term coolie- was applied to workers from Asia, especially those who were sent abroad to most of the Americas, to Oceania and the Pacific Islands, and to Africa (especially South Africa and isles like Mauritius and Réunion). It was also applied within Asian areas under European control such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Shanghai and Hong Kong