Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The aims and methods of the ‘Coons’ of the old Whig party in the United States. See
coon , n., 2.
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Examples
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This is where the whole Spike Lee thing comes from -- the negativity, this is Stepin Fetchit, this is coonery, this is buffoonery, and they try to get people to get on this bandwagon with them, to get this mob mentality to come against what I'm doing.
Vanessa Carmichael: Tyler Perry vs. Spike Lee Vanessa Carmichael 2011
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"Each artist should be allowed to pursue their artistic endeavors, but I still think there is a lot of stuff out today that is coonery and buffoonery," he said in '09.
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This is where the whole Spike Lee thing comes from -- the negativity, this is Stepin Fetchit, this is coonery, this is buffoonery, and they try to get people to get on this bandwagon with them, to get this mob mentality to come against what I'm doing.
Vanessa Carmichael: Tyler Perry vs. Spike Lee Vanessa Carmichael 2011
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Profiting off of coonery is something that the media has become quite adapt at.
Archive 2009-07-01 Renee 2009
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It is threatening to move outside of the constructs that we have built in part because some believe that their already low social positioning could become worse, however; whether it is a black conservative yeah I know oxymoron like Peterson, Booties Everywhere Television, or the idiot owner of the blog in question, coonery is coonery.
Archive 2009-08-01 Renee 2009
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And please stop pretending that said coonery has ANYTHING to do with supporting Obama.
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Stop exaggerating and creating racist nonsense that never happened so that you can justify your continued buffoonish coonery.
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When you make coonery an every day shtick to gain a few hits, you are an embarrassment to every single blogger of colour who is out there working hard to ascertain our legitimacy and make our voices heard.
Archive 2009-02-01 Renee 2009
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We are expected to ignore the sexism and coonery because it has a Black face behind it.
Archive 2009-10-01 Renee 2009
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Perry is the face of coonery with his Madea character leading the way.
Archive 2009-10-01 Renee 2009
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