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Yes, San Francisco, early 1980’s
Who you calling Coon?
So, what exactly is “acting white”?
Does that make you an egg?
I know a woman whose given name is Gypsy. I’d find it more than a bit presumptuous for a systems administrator or whoever to censor my username, especially if the part they considered offensive was my actual name. Not saying that’s what happened in gigi’s case; I guess I’m still getting used to gypsy being a slur.
The only term I’ve ever heard it was from a coworker that was a Chinese national (but I believe a US permanent resident) and said it about her two American-born children. She actually had to explain it to me when I clearly had no idea what she meant.
Personally, I’m tired of the “random word is actually offensive” outrage treadmill.
I’ve heard of an “egg” before (white on the outside, yellow on the inside, thank you Law and Order) but I’ve never heard of a banana being a slur.
I’ve heard both banana and twinkie used. The terms were specifically referring to Asians who acted white, or considered certain aspects of white culture to be part of their own identity, while rejecting their own culture. Some had no issue with either term, while others saw it as an insult, but as usual, context matters.
Depends on the context. In most cases I heard it, it was probably wearing Ugg boots, North Face fleece, and drinking pumpkin spice lattes.
Often the accent.
I’d heard of it passingly and understood what it meant in the context of “Do you know how banana can be a slur?” but never thought of it as actively offensive on its own. I certainly wouldn’t be afraid to use the word in any context besides “That Asian guy is such a banana” and I’d never use it in THAT context because it’s just dumb. Especially coming from a white guy like me.
Where I grew up, it would be reading books, speaking correct English and going on to Uni after school rather than joining a gang. But Asian-Americans probably have a different set of criteria…
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Depends on the context. In most cases I heard it, it was probably wearing Ugg boots, North Face fleece, and drinking pumpkin spice lattes.
Often the accent.
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Those are “white” things? How?
Ironically, the guy in the OP’s IRL last name is “Mayo”, the literal and figurative essence of whiteness.
What about white people who act black, white on the outside, black on the inside? I’ve never heard a food metaphor for that.
M&M’s?
How many foods or snacks are even white on the outside, black on the inside? The answer may lie there.
According to this article, titled “Overthinking It: Using Food As A Racial Metaphor”, one term would be “snowball”.
To date, I’ve never heard anyone called a snowball. Usually people skip the food reference for another choice term.
Google images isn’t giving anything helpful, but I do wonder what kind of weird-ass person could be called a “dragonfruit.”
Heh. Our rules also said your username couldn’t contain any part of your real name, so we’d be covered either way. 
I was torn at the time; I knew of the derogatory nature from the Dope but not everyone does. I reviewed with my boss and we decided to err on the side of the possibility of offense.
North Ireland Protestant on the outside, Black Irish on the inside. Maybe someone who professes to be a Ulsterman, but secretly backs unification.
I’ve heard the former, but not the latter. Learned something something new.