Posted on 08/21/2023 4:08:51 PM PDT by Morgana
Saw this video this evening.
I think trap house came from law enforcement in reference to the Man Trap that one enters to buy drugs, where as one enters a version of a cage or enclosure to buy drugs through a small door.
The trap portion is that one may end up locked inside the enclosure exposed to possible gunfire from the occupants of the house if they do not like you.
Do not see a boba tea shop having a man trap.
Closest I see of public man traps is drive through fast food joints, where as barriers and vehicles trap one to exposure to bad actors.
People can be surprisingly racist in various African countries. Edi Amin kicked all the Indians out of Uganda when he was in power. When I was there in 1994 they were starting to trickle back in. One of my coworkers was invited to a Ugandan’s home for dinner. When he arrived the guy’s kids started crying. Turns out when they misbehaved they were told to stop or the white man would come and beat them up. And we all know what’s going on down in South Africa.
I have known some Ethiopians and hey impressed me as being more sensible than many folks. They certainly didn’t get into any of this idea that each ethnic group must have monopolies on certain products and words.
More importantly though, I doubt many black people want to be associated with Trap anything, especially when associated with drug houses. 🙂
Good point.
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