Cabbages and KingsHenry VI, Dick the ButcherThe term banana republic is pejorative. American fugitive writer William Sidney Porter in his novelcoined the term banana republic. That’s why the term “banana republic” has a racist connotation to it. The Banana Republic Company – the seller of rustic, traveler-explorer ware mimicking the tropics – emerged in 1978. Let’s cut the umbilical cords that connect us to the banana republic.

Source: Standard Digital February 16, 2019 21:08 UTC