Coontown
English
Etymology
coon + town
Proper noun
Coontown
- (US, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An area mainly populated by black people.
- 2005 December 7, Bret Ludwig, “Are You Fucking Kidding Me?”, in alt.atheism.holysmoke, Usenet:
- Calmness and
moderation can be typical of White people - in White societies. They
have never, nowhere been characteristic of Coontown, which has always
chased witches and gang-raped babies.
- 2011 November 2, Gary Phillips, Andrea Gibbons, Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!: Stories of Crime, Love and Rebellion (Switchblade), PM Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2010916479, OCLC 759807064:
- “Pretty sure. Black folk don't usually come this far through the woods and white folks almost never go through the woods toward Coontown.”
- 2017 April 24, Bob Wolfe, “It doesn't take long to realize after you start reading, this is 100% nigger!”, in soc.culture.african.american, Usenet:
- This story could be nothing but 100% pure niggertry, even without the
name. Also, what is a halfway-house full of niggers doing in a town
named "Happy Valley"? If they insist on running these nigger nests,
they belond[sic] STRICTLY in Coontown.
See also
- Niggertown