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ethnic slur

Blue-gum is a term used to describe a very dark skinned black person. The term originated in the south and describes the color of their gums. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.162.128.37 (talk • contribs) 00:34, January 30, 2006

about blue gum at es:Gazapo (error)

es:Gazapo (error), interwiki (its inter-linguistic link) en:Howler (error)

At es:Gazapo (error)#Gazapos clásicos (classic ones: they are like normal/frecuent ones)


Blue Gum (operation)

  1. It was: es:nombre en clave dado por las fuerzas de seguridad australianas a la operativa de seguridad para la visita del presidente de los Estados Unidos, Barack Obama a Australia en 2010. [1]
    1. It's («blue gum») a tree name Eucalyptus, symbolic Australian tree.
    2. It's (in United Stated of America, USA)  : un término ofensivo utilizado para referirse a un afroamericano que se niega a trabajar (It is an offensive term used to refer to an African American who refuses to work).[1]

--PLA y Grande Covián (talk) 05:43, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm from the USA, and have never heard "bluegum" in reference to an African American. It is listed at List of ethnic slurs#B. I don't think it should be listed on this page. We don't have an article on the offensive term that we could link to, and linking to a short definition at List of ethnic slurs isn't very helpful. I'll add a link to Wiktionary where the offensive term is described. I think that's the most appropriate way to deal with this at the moment. Plantdrew (talk) 17:02, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blue gum is simply a description of an American African or Negro. Nothing racial about it. It is a physical characteristic (coloring) of their gums. Some American African’s have them. Some don’t. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cfhebertjr (talk • contribs) 2019-07-24T10:33:27 (UTC)
  • You never heard of it simply because you’re an idiot liberal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.230.37 (talk) 2019-09-20T21:29:35 (UTC)
  • William Faulkner uses the term in The Sound and the Fury, part 1. "Versh said, Your name Benjamin now. You know how come your name Benjamin now. They making a bluegum out of you." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:2b00:6d0c:7c00:48d7:9e03:701a:a29f (talk) 2019-11-01T14:39:42 (UTC)
References
  1. ^ a b (English) «Operation Blue Gum for Barack Obama visit gets the chainsaw» The Australian. sept., 22nd - 2012.

The ethnic slur 'blue gum' is being used. I spotted an example of the use on the Fox News discussion forum [1] : "Just another peaceful, misunderstood blue gum" [The comment posted on August 13, 2020].

  • Thanks Plantdrew & unsigned editor who posted the Faulkner quote. For the record, it seems this was an ethnic slur in the earlier part of the 20th century (although PLA y Grande Covián linked to a relatively recent article from Australia about Barack Obama, so not completely historical.). I agree with Plantdrew that it doesn't belong here -- it is not really intrinsic to the eucalyptus at this point, and without more historical information, references, and other context, it feels like adding it here without that context would just be propagating a racist slur. Lquilter (talk) 14:42, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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