Is "hoodlum" a racist word? (user search)
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  Is "hoodlum" a racist word? (search mode)
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Question: Is "hoodlum" a racist word?
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« on: March 12, 2010, 04:26:20 PM »
Quote from: SE Judicial Overlord John Dibble on March 12, 2010, 01:18:09 PM
1 : thug; especially : one who commits acts of violence

You could actually make the case that it's a less racist alternative for thug (which could either be used with its current connotations, or with the old thugee connotations).
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