[yurawerj]

I remember hearing people use it to refer to Puerto Ricans. I asked this Nuyorican if she knew the term, and she said it's an offensive term.

[Tribas4u]

Ity means "Look, Look"in Spanish, and maybe it is for them, but not for us islanders.

[Smittoh]

Ity means "Look, Look"in Spanish, and maybe it is for them, but not for us islanders.

I think it's an NYC word.

[Indinehon]

I think it's an NYC word.

Yeah, maybe windmill would understand it, but we islanders don't find the owrd offensive.

[FoetAgerhot46]

I don''t get it

[MaraReenece]

I don''t get it

You're in Cali. You wouldn't know it. Lol

[soprofaxel]

I thought Pao lived in Mexico.

[omaculer]

its a slang word for puerto ricans due to many puerto rican kids saying mira mira for anything that they see...i dont know if its offensive like the word spic but it is used in a derogative way in the movie Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee

[MyLeva]

its a slang word for puerto ricans due to many puerto rican kids saying mira mira for anything that they see...i dont know if its offensive like the word spic but it is used in a derogative way in the movie Do The Right Thing

Did it come from AA or Dominicans?

[Glamyclitlemi]

no i think it actually came from the white people around NYC because they dont understand spanish but they notice that puerto ricans like to yell mira mira so they kind of just used it as an offensive term for puerto ricans

[Beatris]

You're in Cali. You wouldn't know it. Lol

Im not in Cali lol

[9wQlZkIj]

Im not in Cali lol

I thought you were.

Sorry

[AblemTee]

no i think it actually came from the white people around NYC because they dont understand spanish but they notice that puerto ricans like to yell mira mira so they kind of just used it as an offensive term for puerto ricans

Yeah, that is what I've seen. I haven't heard anyone use it as an insult since I was in high school, though.

[Fksxneng]

no i think it actually came from the white people around NYC because they dont understand spanish but they notice that puerto ricans like to yell mira mira so they kind of just used it as an offensive term for puerto ricans

Yeah, I have heard that term from the old broadway play called "west side story" hence it brought the term main stream. However anyone with some knowledge of spanish will understand the the term means "look" or just google it.

Actually, "West side story" is one of my favorite plays even though it highlight ethnic stereotypes.

[Usendyduexy]

This Dominican Black Colombian girl told me that Africans call Spanish speakers COCONUTS in NY. Y'all eva heard this?

[vypusknye]

This Dominican Black Colombian girl told me that Africans call Spanish speakers COCONUTS in NY. Y'all eva heard this?

Yes, but I heard it being used towards who are first generation mixed-race (black/white) in the same way people use the word Oreo to describe people who don't act stereotypically Afram. Like brown on the outside and white on the inside.

[Xewksghy]

so a brown person who "act" white is a coconut?

[Enrivaanonock]

so a brown person who "act" white is a coconut?

Brown/black, yes. That's how I'm familiar with it being used. I don't know in what context it's meant in NYNY.

[pharmacologist30]

This Dominican Black Colombian girl told me that Africans call Spanish speakers COCONUTS in NY. Y'all eva heard this?

They used to call West Indians coconuts back in the days.

[HondasMenFox]

You people seem to use a lot of slangs