I heard that it referred to french blacks there. Back in 1974 a guy from Cali had visited there and he said blacks were riding by giving the power sign exclaiming to be proud coon asses?
Yes, very offensive.
G.H. Allen poem written on plaque depicting a black man up at the top of the tree("coon up da gum tree") and a racoon inside the hollowed out part in the base of the tree("coon in da holler") bsaically saying you cant tell them apart. racist in nature, not sure whether G.H. Allen was influential in art(plaque is susposedly patented and copyrighted in 1904) at his time, or just some redneck with alot of time on his hands...
William Coon debuted on September 4, 1875, playing for the Philadelphia Athletics at Jefferson Street Grounds; he played his final game on September 16, 1876, playing for the Philadelphia Athletics at Jefferson Street Grounds.
Davy Crocket was killed at the Alamo His hat was a coon skin
In 1876, William Coon played in 54 games, batting in all of them. He had 220 at bats, getting 50 hits, for a .227 batting average, with 22 runs batted in. He was walked 2 times. He struck out 4 times. He hit 5 doubles, 1 triples, and 0 home runs.
no
i like to coon hunt but i cant figure out when it started i will find out and post for all you people who CARE ABOUT COON HUNTING
It is actually called a coon hound in Spanish! In Spanish it's, "sabueso de mapaches."
Eg: When I called Tyrone a coon, it was considered racist.
I am a girl and YES I coon hunt! I didn't approve of it until my fiance explained it. Where we live if people didn't hunt for coons rabies would boom rapidly. So if you would rather have the rabies just stop people from coon hunting.
Its called Maine coon because it is originated in Maine part of north america and the coon part because they look like cat and raccoon mix.
Yes, very offensive.
pedestrian.... preferably a coon
No, I think they have to be trained to hunt.
It is called the ghost coon because no dog can tree it. little ann and old dan tree it. The coon escapes down the tree and billy finds and cracks the answer. The ghost coon always escapes.
Carleton Coon's birth name is Coon, Carleton Stevens.
Coon is slang for "raccoon", or a derogatory term used for black people.