Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Don't bow at me (November 10, 1907) (midwest.social)

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[–] spacewizard@mas.to 12 points 1 month ago

@Rolando @ShareMySims I mean, I don't think it was understood as a slur at the time. It's not like anyone in the US knew the correct endonym "Khoekhoe" and was choosing to use a different term "Hottentot" instead in order to express contempt.

But characterizing bowing as an excessively servile action characteristic of a "primitive" people is in and of itself problematic.