Talk:pied noir
Alternative etymology[edit]
I found a possible alternative etymology, which I am leaving here because I am not aware of any evidence to support it. It comes from the post by Ray Hart on https://www.quora.com/What-secret-did-you-learn-about-your-neighbor-that-made-your-jaw-drop where he says that a (probably Jewish) Parisienne girl who escaped and, aged 12, joined the resistance after her dad was murdered, her mum (and later her sister) was raped and murdered. She was later raped by her resistance leader. This he explained was to keep the Nazis from wanting them as no self-respecting Nazi would want a girl who had been with a pied noir, i.e., a half-black Frenchman. Then she made it her mission to kill him "and more than 30 men just as bad".
He adds a footnote *pied noir has many modern polite definitions you can find on wikipedia. Those differ from the early 20th century pejorative used among Parisians to refer to French citizens with some black African ancestry, especially the sort they were trying to hide.* --Enginear 04:55, 29 November 2022 (UTC)