coonish
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]coonish (comparative more coonish, superlative most coonish)
- Characteristic of traditional racist stereotypes of black people.
- 2006, Stephanie Greco Larson, Media & Minorities: The Politics of Race in News and Entertainment:
- Will Smith's early characterization of the Fresh Prince [The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, 1990-1996] was described as coonish clowning.
- 2010, Leslie M Alexander, Walter C. Rucker Jr., Encyclopedia of African American History, page 1106:
- Both the novel and the film were accused of presenting coonish or demonizing representations of African American men.