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[ElwoodBlues1]

Wonder how the Coon family are going?

Think the name is Scottish but may have German origins ie Kunz(need to be careful how you say that too), the process of ripening cheese invented by Edward William Coon  was called " cooning" which is also unfortunate terminology if applied in Australia.
As I have said before my wife has a friend with the surname Coon and at the height of this fiasco it wasnt an enjoyable name to have from then on and they considered changing it.
Id imagine getting a personalized number plate for your car with the family name  " Coon" wouldnt be on given  racial content is one of the criteria Vicroads and the other authorities use to vet applications.
I know they had issues with an insurance application because the company software had a business block on the name.
I can see both sides of the story with Coon being a legitimate surname but I also grew up with Coon being used as a derogatory racial slur for coloured folk and seeing that on a supermarket shelf keeping alive that term isnt what you want either.