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Maelstrom Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
"White on rice"
I've checked out the dictionary already and it said that the expression has no racist connotations. And yet I find that American TV shows do reflect the opposite. why so?
THanks for any answer out there!
THanks for any answer out there!
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" You can't separate the color from the rice, so that's how close (metaphorically of course) you should be to the person. I personally have never heard it used in a racial sense.
- " You can't separate the color from the rice, so that's how close (metaphorically of course) you should be to the person.
- I personally have never heard it used in a racial sense.
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I have heard this only with "I'll stick to you [or some other "stick to" phrasing] like white on rice."
You can't separate the color from the rice, so that's how close (metaphorically of course) you should be to the person.
I personally have never heard it used in a racial sense.
You can't separate the color from the rice, so that's how close (metaphorically of course) you should be to the person.
I personally have never heard it used in a racial sense.
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The expression has no racist connotations. Which American TV shows say otherwise?
The comedy TV show Mad TV had a sketch in which the super-heroine character was Condoleeza Rice, the former US Secretary of State. At one point she tells the villain, "I want you out of town or I'll be on your a** like black on rice -- Condoleeza Rice."
The comedy TV show Mad TV had a sketch in which the super-heroine character was Condoleeza Rice, the former US Secretary of State. At one point she tells the villain, "I want you out of town or I'll be on your a** like black on rice -- Condoleeza Rice."
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