Did y'all know Tree-Hugger was a racist term? A boxing story.

[travestyny]

It is always interesting when these terms become deconstructed and lose their power.

The late **** Gregory tells us what a "Honkey" is: Apparently in parts of the South, when a White man wanted to take a colored young women out, he would ride into the neighborhood and looking for the proper front porch, when located, would hit the car horn as a signal for the women to come hither. Obviously it was beneath him to get off his fat cracka butt and meet his date at the door!

I had no idea. Reading through the thread, I guess there were lots of origins for that one as well. lol.

[QueensburyRules]

- -Race baiters the biggest racists going these days.

Pays well too!

[JAB5239]

Very interesting indeed.

[The Old LefHook]

No, it's my protest. I don't talk about it anymore but I make no attempt to get around the censor because boxer's names should not be ****ing censored on a boxing forum any goddamn way

I was told our readers can take physical violence but adult speech is too far and the names of boxers can pay that forfeit.

So, OLH, I've no issue with you wanting to know who I was talking about, but, I typed his name. Not a nickname, not a stage name, not an intelligible but misspelled name, but rather, the only goddamn name we actually know the man by.

Take it up with Mods, maybe someone else will help you, but, **** that noise. I don't condone his name being star'd in the first place.

Very well, I see your point, and have met with the same idiocy on here myself. I forget some of the other examples, other than Don ****ell, who fought Marciano.

They let ****ell pass. What is going on here?

[The Old LefHook]

What about the old pro Harry ****ey?

[Marchegiano]

Very well, I see your point, and have met with the same idiocy on here myself. I forget some of the other examples, other than Don ****ell, who fought Marciano.

They let ****ell pass. What is going on here?

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/s...3#post21080633

Apparently times have changed. I already put in a request to lift the stars on Nero C hink

[boogbx]

Islanders always been said banana boat.

Tree Hugger? Who makes up this stuff?

As far back as I remember it been referenced to Nature freaks, who ain't really all that freaky. Mother Nature is the truth.

[The Old LefHook]

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/s...3#post21080633

Apparently times have changed. I already put in a request to lift the stars on Nero C hink

That's a beauty.

[Marchegiano]

Islanders always been said banana boat.

Tree Hugger? Who makes up this stuff?

As far back as I remember it been referenced to Nature freaks, who ain't really all that freaky. Mother Nature is the truth.

I got the racial bit from Sundowners by Kevin R Smith.

[The Old LefHook]

What is his historical reason for using the phrase?