Pretty serious implications levied against NBA in regards to Jeremy Lin

[riverman]

Jesus dude why are you so technical?
That word is certainly not said about any white people. And white people come from more than just America. They're not calling people from Britain fob.

Fresh off the boat ...the term actually started with European immigrants at Ellis Island like these guys.

 

[BBert]

Fresh off the boat ...the term actually started with European immigrants at Ellis Island like these guys.
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This.

 

[Natebishop3]

Fresh off the boat ...the term actually started with European immigrants at Ellis Island like these guys.
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It's like calling Italians "Wops"

I heard that stood for "With Out Papers."

 

[riverman]

It's like calling Italians "Wops"

I heard that stood for "With Out Papers."

Not really. New York and Boston Irishmen and Italians used the term FOB for their own relatives arriving to America. It meant you dressed like a foreigner and spoke with a heavy accent or had very little English.

 

[Natebishop3]

Not really. New York and Boston Irishmen and Italians used the term FOB for their own relatives arriving to America. It meant you dressed like a foreigner and spoke with a heavy accent or had very little English.

It's still really an attack on them being an immigrant. Wop was just specific to Italians for some reason. FOB has been more of a general term for immigrants.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

FOB, Friends of Bill.

http://www.friendsofbill.net/