Maybe the next US President will be a Canadian (this could be to hard to understand for Texans, hint; Obama is African-American).
Ignorant United Staters are also called Texans.

United States (US) is not America. North America consists of two countries. Canada (on top) and United States (under). United States is not really a name for a country; it is a union of states. People from United States should be called United Staters. Both Canadians and United Staters are North Americans.

People from Mexico and South America are also Americans.

I guess that coded language appears whenever the words themselves become essentially banned. Bad behavior and ignorance...and bad humor..can not be legislated away. The only solution is understanding. Hating the ignorant does nothing to end the ignorance and actually perpetuates the hate.

When I worked in restaraunts more than ten years ago in Florida, I heard the term "Canadian" applied to African Americans. It was explained to me that it was because both are stereotyped as being bad tippers.

I wonder if that's the derivative and it has grown into a code word...?

Now that "Canadian" is a politically incorrect racist term, how should we refer to our friends to the north, the residents of the Dominion of Canada?

Hosers?
Back-Bacon-Biters?
Friends of Celine?

If I were black I would much prefer Canadian to some of the other names, I once heard a co worker refer to people of color as Mondays, if that's not heinous I don't know what is. I suppose the name really doesn't matter at all, even if the term was angel as long as the intent was to belittle its still a racist remark.

Believe it. I lived in Houston throughout the 80's and I used to party for a while with a guy who called blacks Canadians. If he walked into a bar and saw any blacks he'd literally yell out at the top of his lungs, "This f***ing place is full of Canadians". People would look around and a couple of time even came up to me and asked, "How can he tell". Interestingly, this guy was a highly educated immigrant who descended from a wealthy South American family. True story....

Only if you're referring to the Upa lumpa tribe!

Now that's racist undertone, big time!

From now on, the term "Canadian" as used in this context, shall mean. . .

Lucky bastard (and likely hockey-lover) for whom taxes provide quality medical coverage at no additional cost.

Signed: a US Citizen currently living North of the Border

I think its usage originally came from the restaurant business.

Canadians are notoriously bad tippers.

I know someone who grew up rural but was a quasi city-dweller in an integrated neighborhood just barely below the Mason-Dixon line when he first used "Canadian" as a more socially acceptable -- and un-rapper-like -- substitute for the N word at least four years ago...I think he thought that he had cleverly thought of it himself!

(Ironically, I had gone to college in Canada in the late '60s, and at least then, Americans were not thought of very highly - probably rightfully so, given the disparity in what Canadians -- the inhabitants of Canada -- are required to learn about the U.S., and how little -- nothing -- Americans know about Canada.)

"In his own defence, Trent said he honestly thought there had been Canadians on the jury and did not understand the negative connotation of the word."


If Harris County assistant district attorney Mike Trent is unaware that one requirement for being permitted to serve on a jury in Texas is that one be a citizen of the US perhaps he should be invited to resign his position as ADA. If he is at all qualified for his position he ought to know that there could not be a "Canadian" on the jury, since a "Canadian" would automatically be disqualified in virtue of not being a citizen. So which is it? Is Mr. Trent a racist, or is he just incompetent and unqualified for his position? In either case, fire his ass.

"In his own defence, Trent said he honestly thought there had been Canadians on the jury"

Huh? Are foreigners allowed to sit on juries in Texas-?

surely he meant French Canadian.

Quel Con.

Canadians are helping the US in Afghanistan and this is what the name of their nationality has become an insult, how sad.

What should we expect in a Politically Crass country.

I bet it has something to do with Neil Young.

hmmm...something to think about...

This is so far from being new, I can't believe it's only being discussed now.

I remember "Canadian" being a substitute for the N-word when I was a student at the University of Iowa back in 1990.

As far as I know, it had nothing to do with what anyone thought of Canadians, it seemed to have been chosen as the most innocuous possible word to replace the most hateful word - sort of a twisted humor, I guess.

Not to be rude, but that ADA was being a total American.

Um, seeing as Canadians cannot sit on juries, as they are not citizens (I love being able to check that box and send back my jury summonses) I find it very hard to believe any Assistant DA wouldn't know that tidbit, and/or be stupid enough to believe anyone else would swallow the fact he didn't know it.

Racist AND stupid (redundant?)

I don't believe a word of this.

As a Canadian myself, I find it bizarre that my nationality would be used in a derogatory way, as a racial slur against blacks, especially by someone who's supposed to dispense justice. If I were an African-Canadian, I guess I would be even more amazed. Do American right-wingers think Canadians, (supposedly) like black Americans, are all softies and liberals?
Should I use the word "American" from now on as code for every racist, white, right-wing nutjob I encounter?

The world just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

As a Canadian this is not a bother as 90% of Texans don't know where Canada is,let alone France or Finland or Idaho.

How could an assistant attorney general suppose Canadians were serving on an American jury? Doesn't he know the law? 14th Amendment to the Constitution ring a bell? Gee, what's the foremost requirement of becoming a juror?!!
The Lone Star state needs lots of help. If the legal community is using "Canadian" as a racial slur, it's harmful to EVERY American, as well as our friends to the North.
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"Others, including the columnist with the Houston Chronicle initially thought the reference to Canadians may have been a misspelling of Californians, who are themselves seen to espouse many of the same liberal values as Canadians." - Toronto Star
Wow, again! Pretty outlandish (and dumb), considering it's coming from another American state.
I happen to love Canucks: is it the kindred spirit?
Naw, I just love 'em. :)