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a large nut that has white flesh and a hard brown shell covered with fibers like rough hair
the white flesh of a coconut
chicken curry with coconut
a derogatory term for a black person who thinks like a white person. Some people have suggested that the term be appropriated as a positive label by highly-educated middle-class black people.
At best, coconuts can be seen as "non-white". At worst, they're "Uncle Toms" or "agents of whiteness".
