2024-07-24 18:38:38
The "coconut" reference is to remarks given by VP Harris on May 10, 2023, where she said: "My mother used to — she would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, “I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(53-1-5) Author
2024-07-24 19:23:52
Coconut, in this context, is a reference to what Kamala Harris said, reciting a story her mother told, not a slur. While it may have a double meaning in some parts of South Asian culture as a slur, the Lotus is seen as an extreme right-wing symbol in South Asian culture. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(28-0-4) Author
2024-07-24 19:38:09
NNN. Proposed notes are accurate, but nevertheless belong in comments because OP is a personal opinion. CURRENTLY_RATED_NOT_HELPFUL(2-0-8) Author
2024-07-24 20:16:53
NNN. Notes commenting that it comes from a speech about being naive (falling from a coconut tree) are correct but it’s ALSO, and primarily an ethnic slur meaning “brown on the outside, white on the inside” [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-15) Author