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Wed Mar-18-09 05:51 PM
Response to Reply #14 |
| -Was the Lone Ranger a Racist? |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:41 PM |
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I can only imagine what kimosabe meant. |
MrPerson |
Mar-18-09 05:43 PM |
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LMAO ,,,,, I will have to look that one up |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:44 PM |
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qui no sabe - Spanish for "clueless." |
wyldwolf |
Mar-18-09 05:48 PM |
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I guess Kimosabe typically means "Faithful Friend" in some Native American Languages |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:47 PM |
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kemosabe - Que no sabe (he who knows nothing) n/t |
Xipe Totec |
Mar-18-09 05:49 PM |
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Now that is interesting. |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:55 PM |
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Gary Larson figured it out years ago... |
3waygeek |
Mar-18-09 06:00 PM |
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I caught that too when I took Spanish 101 |
sasquatch |
Mar-18-09 05:44 PM |
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I think kemosabe means chickenshit n/t |
Xipe Totec |
Mar-18-09 05:44 PM |
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I thought it meant "my ride in Hollywood". |
EFerrari |
Mar-18-09 05:47 PM |
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Maybe kimosabe means.... one who ducks thrown guns on horseback |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:48 PM |
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I thought the name "Tonto" was made up to be like "Squanto" |
Dogmudgeon |
Mar-18-09 05:45 PM |
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Tonto does mean stupid. n/t |
EFerrari |
Mar-18-09 05:46 PM |
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I think you are probably right - |
tbyg52 |
Mar-18-09 05:51 PM |
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Of couse he was. And he fit in perfectly with what the rest of pop culture at the time. |
EFerrari |
Mar-18-09 05:46 PM |
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I like Fred Astaire ... |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:50 PM |
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Wasn't the whole character a dumb, racist stereotype? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-18-09 05:49 PM |
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I think it was .... but I thought it was normal at the time. |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:52 PM |
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Yeah, well, so was racism. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-18-09 05:52 PM |
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Yes, that is the insideous power of racism |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:57 PM |
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He was definitely |
customerserviceguy |
Mar-18-09 06:15 PM |
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In spanish (they dub tv programs in other countries) |
lunatica |
Mar-18-09 05:49 PM |
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Was Amos and Andy racist? |
Stinky The Clown |
Mar-18-09 05:49 PM |
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Why Amos and Andy? |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 05:51 PM |
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Pop culture contemporaries |
Stinky The Clown |
Mar-18-09 06:13 PM |
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Um, the Lone Ranger was a fictitious character |
tularetom |
Mar-18-09 05:52 PM |
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I thought it was supposed to mean "scout" |
nxylas |
Mar-18-09 05:53 PM |
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and one day Tonto said |
onethatcares |
Mar-18-09 05:53 PM |
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The Straight Dope |
Dogmudgeon |
Mar-18-09 05:59 PM |
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That was interesing reading .... thanks. |
TWiley |
Mar-18-09 06:07 PM |
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On the radio, the Lone Ranger and Tonto both rode on Silver. Together. |
TahitiNut |
Mar-18-09 06:03 PM |
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LOL!!!! I'd love to see a remake with the horse-sharing. nt |
valerief |
Mar-18-09 06:13 PM |
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I'm an 'expert' on them ... listened religiously on my little radio as a kid in the 40s. |
TahitiNut |
Mar-18-09 06:24 PM |
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I was a kid in the 50s and remember the teevee show. I didn't like that much |
valerief |
Mar-18-09 06:56 PM |
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Well at least they had a Native American in the role of Tonto |
RamboLiberal |
Mar-18-09 06:06 PM |
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It seems like a pretty covert way to be a racist |
petronius |
Mar-18-09 06:11 PM |
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I think sometimes DU'ers see a conspiracy in everything |
RamboLiberal |
Mar-18-09 06:24 PM |
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You didn't know that? Heh. |
BlooInBloo |
Mar-18-09 06:27 PM |
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