[Albion Wilde]

moulinyan

LOL! For the benefit of the uninformed, this is the phonetic spelling of the Sicilian dialect word for "melanzane", the Italian term for "eggplant."

"Mulinyan" or "da moolies" is Sicilian-American slang for black folks; similar to Jewish people calling African-Americans "schvartzes", the Yiddish word for "blacks."

In and of themselves, these terms are relatively harmless. But they are code words that, once understood, are viewed as racist.

[Big Red Badger]

Schvartzes...

I finally get confirmation of what
Mel Brooks says in
BLAZING SADDLES!

THANKS.