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A New Meaning For Coconut!!
by Irish-Le-Feaux @ 2007-07-30 - 10:56:11

Heard some debate on the tv this moring about a new use of the word COCONUT.

Apparently this is being used, disparagingly, amongst the Asian community for those who are seen as brown on the outside and white on the inside, to somehow allow them to improve their working lives.

This doesn't seem overly fair to me.  Sometimes we all have to act as something we are not in our daily business lives to oil the flow of commerce etc., whether you are Asian, Greek, English or anything else. Underneath it all, you are what you are and as such you should not be judged for how you appear to behave some of the time when you need to "fit in" to a situation.

Or am I being naive here?

Irish 

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semafusemafu pro
2007-07-30 @ 11:19

I love this stuff.

They are also called Bountys -as in the chocolate bar that's dark on the outside and white coconut on the inside.

The chinese use the word Banana for the same purpose - yellow on the outside and white on the inside.

And best of all I've heard members of the Green party refered to a Water Mellons! - Green on the outside but red on the inside - They look like environmentalists BUT they are really socialists!

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Irish-Le-FeauxIrish-Le-Feaux [Member]
2007-07-30 @ 16:26

Some good ones there Semmers. Especially like the Wate Melon one. :DD

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semafusemafu pro
2007-07-30 @ 11:22

As to your serious point about the name-calling, in my experience it's the unsuccessful people that do the name calling.

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Irish-Le-FeauxIrish-Le-Feaux [Member]
2007-07-30 @ 16:27

I think you are right, or those that are more engrossed in their culture than living their lives today.

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spiritbirdspiritbird pro
2007-07-30 @ 17:28

Religion Culture Colour all words used as an excuse for being an a$%^&(*$ at sometime or other especially if you want to get your own way My excuse I'm just a stroppy ^&*^$£"%

spiritbirdspiritbird pro
2007-07-30 @ 17:28

Religion Culture Colour all words used as an excuse for being an a$%^&(*$ at sometime or other especially if you want to get your own way My excuse I'm just a stroppy ^&*^$£"%

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Irish-Le-FeauxIrish-Le-Feaux [Member]
2007-07-30 @ 19:28

Well that's you nailed then Spirit. :DD

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spiritbirdspiritbird pro
2007-07-30 @ 17:30

yes I know I sent it twice had a senior moment AH! another excuse

[Visitor]
http://bloggitygoodness.blog.ca
2007-08-05 @ 20:32

Tis very confusing to me to keep up with all the terms people use to describe themselves.

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Irish-Le-FeauxIrish-Le-Feaux [Member]
2007-08-22 @ 14:53

Then I will make it easy for you 3M. I am a tall, good-looking Irish superstar.

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[Visitor]
http://bloggitygoodness.blog.ca
2007-08-24 @ 02:49

Good for you! I like your description! Cheers

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Ark-888Ark-888 [Member]
http://vuvuzela.blog.co.uk/
2007-08-16 @ 15:33

There are also peaches, white and light on the out side with a hard dark brown inner core.

Every group of people seems to have their own insulates to people that they perceive to be a 'racial traitor' which is completely abhorrent. As every one else has said, what right do other people of any particular ethnic group have to dictate to others, as well as people within their own community, what their ethnic identity should be.

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Irish-Le-FeauxIrish-Le-Feaux [Member]
2007-08-22 @ 14:50

You are absolutely right Arkers. What really annoys me is how someone of mixed race has to lean towards their ethnic identity more than their white identity. That is according to the ethnic group activists.

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