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12793892, Origins of 'thug' in English lie in British colonialism
Posted by lonesome_d, Wed Apr-29-15 01:39 PM
>I agree with you on 'thug'...or at least I'm unaware of it's
>association with historical race issues.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=thug
Not necessarily a racist association, but definitely one associated with race.
Actually, just looking for that etymology, looks like The Atlantic posted an article to this effect: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/thug/391682/
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