NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo uses N-word during live radio interview

Syracuse.com ^ | 10/15/19 | Geoff Herbert

[yesthatjallen]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is stirring up controversy by using the N-word during a live radio interview in New York.

The New York Post reports Cuomo was on the air with Albany’s WAMC Public Radio Tuesday when he was asked about criticism of Columbus Day and efforts to rename the holiday Indigenous Peoples Day. The governor brought up a recent New York Times op-ed about the treatment of Italian-Americans and spoke about racism.

“They used an expression that southern Italians were called, I believe they were saying southern Italians, Sicilians — I’m half Sicilian — were called, quote-unquote and pardon my language, but I’m just quoting the Times: ‘n----r wops.’ N-word wops, as a derogatory comment,” Cuomo told host Alan Chartock.

The racial epithet was uncensored and heard clearly by listeners.

“When I said that ‘wop’ was a derogatory comment, that was when the Times-Union told me, no, you should look in Wikipedia, ‘wop’ really meant a dandy,” Cuomo continued.

SNIP

[Verginius Rufus]

I was told that it is from the Spanish word guapo meaning "handsome."

I don't know if that is correct. It could have started as a compliment meant sarcastically.

[Revel]

” but I’m just quoting the Times: ‘n——r wops.’”

And now everyone can say it while proclaiming that we are all just quoting Cuomo.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

Shows who he really is!

[SuperLuminal]

...’m half Sicilian — were called, quote-unquote and pardon my language, but I’m just quoting the Times: ‘n----r wops.’ N-word wops, as a derogatory comment..."

BS! I grew up during the 30's & 40's in an Italian neighborhood and the term "nigger-wop" is a fabrication by this communist filth... "Wop", while derogatory, certainly was not a "racist" term...

My family lived at the intersection of a 99% Irish neighborhood and a 99% Italian neighborhood... Lots of derogatory slang expressions exchanged on occasion by the drinking adults from both neighborhoods playing baseball in the street in front of my house... Race was never an issue... Also, "hate" was never an issue... It was always the wops against the micks... We, being Dutch/Scottish mutts, were on any side we wanted...

As an aside, like the true patriotic Americans they all were, roughly 30% of the "over 16's and under 35's" from both neighborhoods did not survive WWII...

[ronnie raygun]

He and his family area disgrace to the Italian race

[Balding_Eagle]

You’re both wrong.

They created and set the standard and it’s wrong that anyone would let them live by a standard different than the one they set for the rest of us.

[Albion Wilde]

‘wop’ really meant a dandy,” Cuomo continued.

Incorrect. "Fop" meant dandy. "Wop" referred to illegal Italian immigrants: "WithOut Papers."

[SunkenCiv]

How do flat tires go in Italy? Wait, what?

[Political Junkie Too]

that was when the Times-Union told me, no, you should look in Wikipedia, ‘wop’ really meant a dandy,” Cuomo continued.

What an idiot.

The word he's thinking of is "fop."

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

I guess I should have read the whole thread before posting.

-PJ

[Albion Wilde]

I guess I should have read the whole thread before posting.

Why spoil the fun of piling on? Time-honored tradition!

[GOPJ]

Every racial group has pejoratives... The largest ethnic group in the United States is Krauts ...oops, I mean Germans.

[dp0622]

Really?!?!

I didn’t know that about the krauts, er, Germans :)

Wow.