late 70s-early 80s, growing up in central chicago as a kid - we had a catalog of slurs that everyone used up and down the street, dago, wop, guinea, polock, dink, etc., but none of us ever called a black person a negro or worse. I didn’t hear that shit until I moved to Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, and then, frequently. It’s wild how times and values change.
From reading it’s talking about Italians with dark skin to say they aren’t white.
Neat, I have expanded my vocabulary thanks to your efforts.
Wikipedia has more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs
late 70s-early 80s, growing up in central chicago as a kid - we had a catalog of slurs that everyone used up and down the street, dago, wop, guinea, polock, dink, etc., but none of us ever called a black person a negro or worse. I didn’t hear that shit until I moved to Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, and then, frequently. It’s wild how times and values change.