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Darky / darkey / darkie: noun. a black person. a Troublesome Word notes that some judges have considered "
darky" a "term of endearment ."
Kaynak: List of ethnic slurscentury until the word sambo was deemed a racial slur in some countries and the illustrations considered reminiscent of "
darky iconography ".
Kaynak: The Story of Little Black SamboThe stylistic portrayal of the characters, however, is an example of
darky iconography (see blackface ), which was widely accepted in
Kaynak: Coal Black and de Sebben DwarfsAnother example of reappropriation would be an African American collecting lawn jockey s or other artifacts of
darky iconography .
Kaynak: ReappropriationLyrics: No other
darky sic knows her, no
darky only me : She cryed sic so when I left her it like to broke my heart, : And if I ever find her
Kaynak: The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)