Welcome aBoard, Dotman. I was unaware of this being a racial slur, so I tried Google, and got so many hits I got tired of looking. There are a lot of music sites relating to it, and a movie called Mr. Sunshine that by the description would not be a racial slur. There was a TV show in the 80's called that, but the site had no description. Good luck. Um--perhaps there used to be a minstrel performer called that? I wouldn't know--I'm a little young to have seen a minstrel show.