Fact...Honky

[Hedgehog]

The word honky, meaning a 'white man', comes from a West African language called Wolof. In Wolof, honq means 'bright pink'.



No need to draw a dwarf if there's one is standing in front of you. WOLOF PROVERB

 

[PoorOldSpike]

I wonder what they'd make of this dood?
(Frank Gorshin in Star Trek as an alien with a half-white/ half-black face)

 

[Hedgehog]

A double take needed on that matey :noidea:

 

[eniced73]

Never knew that.

How about 'Cracker'. Never knew this one til I looked it up. Courtesy of the 'Urban Dictionary' and some of my 'black' friends.

Noun. Slang word used to refer to those of European ancestry. The word is thought to have either derived from the sound of a whip being cracked by slave owners, or because crackers are generally white in color.