Talk:wetback

Disney made a family movie "The Wetback Hound" in 1957 currently view-able on YouTube, this shows "wetback" originally had a broader meaning having to do with nature and wetlands and is not just a slur. Many people claim it is a racist term, but Mexicans are a nationality and ethnicity, not members of a race.

Whatever the way things were in 1957, nowadays, the term is definitely offensive. As for your other argument: the distinction between xenophobic bigotry and racism as you define it doesn't matter in the real world- people tend to see them as the same thing. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:02, 18 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Please sign your posts with ~~~~. Also I have heard that the etymology is based on how the ethnicity or race to which the term applies are called as such due to manual labor making them have a sweaty or "wet" back. --199.245.156.248 19:40, 4 October 2018 (UTC)Reply