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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:41 PM Original message |
Was the Lone Ranger a Racist? |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I can only imagine what kimosabe meant. |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. LMAO ,,,,, I will have to look that one up |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. qui no sabe - Spanish for "clueless." |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I guess Kimosabe typically means "Faithful Friend" in some Native American Languages |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. kemosabe - Que no sabe (he who knows nothing) n/t |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Now that is interesting. |
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3waygeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Gary Larson figured it out years ago... |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I caught that too when I took Spanish 101 |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think kemosabe means chickenshit n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I thought it meant "my ride in Hollywood". |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Maybe kimosabe means.... one who ducks thrown guns on horseback |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought the name "Tonto" was made up to be like "Squanto" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Tonto does mean stupid. n/t |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I think you are probably right - |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Of couse he was. And he fit in perfectly with what the rest of pop culture at the time. |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I like Fred Astaire ... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wasn't the whole character a dumb, racist stereotype? |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I think it was .... but I thought it was normal at the time. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yeah, well, so was racism. |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Yes, that is the insideous power of racism |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. He was definitely |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. In spanish (they dub tv programs in other countries) |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. Was Amos and Andy racist? |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Why Amos and Andy? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Pop culture contemporaries |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Um, the Lone Ranger was a fictitious character |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. I thought it was supposed to mean "scout" |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. and one day Tonto said |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. The Straight Dope |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. That was interesing reading .... thanks. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. On the radio, the Lone Ranger and Tonto both rode on Silver. Together. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. LOL!!!! I'd love to see a remake with the horse-sharing. nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I'm an 'expert' on them ... listened religiously on my little radio as a kid in the 40s. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I was a kid in the 50s and remember the teevee show. I didn't like that much |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well at least they had a Native American in the role of Tonto |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. It seems like a pretty covert way to be a racist |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I think sometimes DU'ers see a conspiracy in everything |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. You didn't know that? Heh. |
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