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Originally Posted by sperry
So what you said was an early 1800's catchphrase, but has had racial denotations for the last 150 years. Got it. 
What I just learned today: people at Harrah's are closet racists.  |
No, what I said was that the phrase "a coons's age" meaning a long time, predates the derogatory use of the single word coon and is therefore not racist in any manner.
And Harrah's people are weird, not racist, no closet involved.
