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Content: Coon cat is also a name for the cacomistle, a smaller relative of the raccoon. How is coon used in real life? The racial slur coon not only implies many intensely harmful stereotypes about Black people but it also dredges up the painful history of Blackface. Because of its history as a slur, avoid using coon as a shortened form for raccoon. As a clipping of raccoon, coon does appear, however, in coonskin, a raccoon pelt, mostly as seen in the coonskin cap associated with such American frontiersmen as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. Please note: occasionally, Black people may use coon as a term for another Black person who betrays the Black community in favor of white people or culture (cf. Uncle Tom ). I, a black person, can call another black person a coon/Uncle Tom because of the way they engage in politics/society. You, a non-black person, can definitely not.