Sharing this very interesting article about Portagee Joe that my friend John sent to me from the LA Times. Very interesting and as John states the slur was not meant as a compliment and still isn’t. It’s important to know the context of the word Portagee and the article does a good job of it. I also invite those who don’t know much about the context to read Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat and get the literary context of it as well. Abraços