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To: Yardstick

It is a racist slur...if you happen to be Mafioso.

Duh.

And that racist Mario Puzo that made it famous.

DK


15 posted on 08/13/2019 3:54:46 AM PDT by Dark Knight
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To: Dark Knight
t is a racist slur...if you happen to be Mafioso.

I think the movie character, rather than race, is behind the name. As Tom Hagen pointed out ("He's as much a father to me as you or Mike", race had little to nothing to do with it. If it were ethnicity, "Sicilian" would be the logical substitute. "Fredo" is more like "Judas" where the actions overshadow the ethnicity.
52 posted on 08/13/2019 5:07:35 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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