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Southern racists adopt "Canadian" as a euphemism for "black"
January 27, 2008 7:13am
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I live in Michigan City, Indiana and I've heard the term "Canada" and "Little Canada" when some none-too-liberal white folks have talked some of the poor, primarily black sections of town. They started using those terms at least 15-20 years ago.