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The Ofayé (also spelled as Opaié or Ofayé) are an indigenous people of Central Brazil.They live along the Paraná River, near the mouth of the Sucuriú River into the headwaters of the Ivinhema and Vacaria Rivers.
"Ofay", which is pejorative, is another general term for a White person; it might derive from the Ibibio word afia, which means "light-colored", from the Yoruba word ofe, spoken in hopes of disappearing from danger. However, most dictionaries simply say its etymology is unknown. [113]
The Ofayé or Opaye language, also Ofaié-Xavante, Opaié-Shavante, forms its own branch of the Macro-Jê languages.It is spoken by only a couple of the small Ofayé people, though language revitalization efforts are underway.
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Earl Shorris (Chicago, 25 June 1936 – New York City, 27 May 2012) was an American writer and social critic.He is best known for establishing the Clemente Course in the Humanities, named after baseball great and humanitarian Roberto Clemente.
On May 4, 2013, Charles Gaskin, who was a member of the gang according to his probation report, was sentenced for 26 years to life for the murder of registered sex offender Neil Lee Hayes. According to the report, Gaskin was required to physically harm a white person with a history of child molestation under "peckerwood law". [21]
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Norwegian-Texan mug [1] Uff Da Shoppe in Westby, WI. Uff da (/ ˈ ʊ f d ə / ⓘ; sometimes also spelled oof-da, oofda, oofala, oof-dah, oofdah, huffda, uff-da, uffda, uff-dah, ufda, ufdah, or uf daa [citation needed]) is an American Scandinavian exclamation or interjection used to express dismay, typically upon hearing bad news.