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Jedi Marksman · 02-21-2003, 12:27 AM

[quote="GreenEggs&Pot":633d9]wetback = recent imigrant from Mexico, who just got their "back wet" swimming accross the Rio Grande, or at least that's what it means here.[/quote:633d9]

The word itself is harmless, it's the connotation that is ugly. Just like any racial remark.

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Jedi Marksman is Offline Senior Member Posts: 1,428 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Everywhere and nowhere	02-21-2003, 12:27 AM [quote="GreenEggs&Pot":633d9]wetback = recent imigrant from Mexico, who just got their "back wet" swimming accross the Rio Grande, or at least that's what it means here.[/quote:633d9] The word itself is harmless, it's the connotation that is ugly. Just like any racial remark.