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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(derogatory, ethnic slur) The behavior of a "coon"; in present usage now typically meaning a black person who behaves in a subservient way to whites.
While a Stepin Fetchit movie, a Jimmie Walker sitcom, or a Flavor Flav reality show may have earned charges of coonery, they also brought laughter and pride to black viewers who at some level appreciate that these artists demonstrate[…]
Many early cinematic depictions of blacks were merely unrehearsed coonery performed just to entertain the white masses, or simply minstrel shows from the vaudeville stage featuring happy darkies, dancing around as buffoons and jigaboos.
Following E. Patrick Johnson's theory of appropriation, Amber Johnson argues that “social media users frame Dodson's identity as coonery, which appropriates gay, black masculinity in limiting ways.”
Use coonery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coonery means (derogatory, ethnic slur) The behavior of a "coon"; in present usage now typically meaning a black person who behaves in a subservient way to whites.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
While a Stepin Fetchit movie, a Jimmie Walker sitcom, or a Flavor Flav reality show may have earned charges of coonery, they also brought laughter and pride to black viewers who at some level appreciate that these artists demonstrate[…]
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