(02-25-2015 02:55 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 02:53 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 01:01 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  To the people who find the word jigaboo offensive - who taught you the word? What makes it racist? Why is it a slur and not a compliment? Is simply saying the word racist or does there have to be some other context behind it?

BTW, I was scrolling through the channels the other day and BET had on a show called the Book of Negroes.

I saw that shiit too! Then the next day my GF was flipping through the guide and started laughing and said "Hey look, BET has a show called Book of Negroes, I wonder how it would pan over if that was on a different station."

Can we all just admit that context does exist.

Of course context exists.

Are you going to admit that there is also a segment of "activists" that look for evidence of "racist" things where none really exists?

(02-26-2015 10:10 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 04:24 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 03:21 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  Ignorance knows no racial boundary, not sure the point you're trying to make by outlining this fact.

So saying "jigaboo" means you think your race is superior to another race? Am I reading you right?

That some adults need to be taught what is and isn't racist amazes me about this forum.

Well it comes down to if it gets ******,It's Racist. If Not, it seems it's Not.

(02-25-2015 04:43 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 04:24 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 03:21 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  Ignorance knows no racial boundary, not sure the point you're trying to make by outlining this fact.

So saying "jigaboo" means you think your race is superior to another race? Am I reading you right?

I'm honestly at a loss as to how you got that from what I said?

I don't know, I was dozing at my desk yesterday when I responded to that. I don't even know where I got it from now that I've read it again. Sorry

(02-26-2015 10:10 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 04:24 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 03:21 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  Ignorance knows no racial boundary, not sure the point you're trying to make by outlining this fact.

So saying "jigaboo" means you think your race is superior to another race? Am I reading you right?

That some adults need to be taught what is and isn't racist amazes me about this forum.

That doesn't explain how the term "jigaboo" is racist (meaning you think your race is superior to another). Elaborate please.

(02-26-2015 11:02 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 10:10 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 04:24 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 03:21 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  Ignorance knows no racial boundary, not sure the point you're trying to make by outlining this fact.

So saying "jigaboo" means you think your race is superior to another race? Am I reading you right?

That some adults need to be taught what is and isn't racist amazes me about this forum.

That doesn't explain how the term "jigaboo" is racist (meaning you think your race is superior to another). Elaborate please.

Seriously? You don't know?

Perhaps this will help

jig·a·boo
ˈjiɡəˌbo͞o/
nounNORTH AMERICANinformaloffensive
noun: jigaboo; plural noun: jigaboos
a black person.
Origin

early 20th century: related to slang jig (in the same sense); compare with the pair bug, bugaboo .

bug·a·boo
ˈbəɡəˌbo͞o/
nounNORTH AMERICAN
noun: bugaboo; plural noun: bugaboos
an object of fear or alarm; a bugbear.
Origin

mid 18th century: probably of Celtic origin and related to Welsh bwci bo ‘bogey, the Devil,’ bwci ‘hobgoblin’ and Cornish bucca .

(02-26-2015 11:08 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:02 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 10:10 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 04:24 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 03:21 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  Ignorance knows no racial boundary, not sure the point you're trying to make by outlining this fact.

So saying "jigaboo" means you think your race is superior to another race? Am I reading you right?

That some adults need to be taught what is and isn't racist amazes me about this forum.

That doesn't explain how the term "jigaboo" is racist (meaning you think your race is superior to another). Elaborate please.

Seriously? You don't know?

Perhaps this will help

jig·a·boo
ˈjiɡəˌbo͞o/
nounNORTH AMERICANinformaloffensive
noun: jigaboo; plural noun: jigaboos
a black person.
Origin

early 20th century: related to slang jig (in the same sense); compare with the pair bug, bugaboo .

bug·a·boo
ˈbəɡəˌbo͞o/
nounNORTH AMERICAN
noun: bugaboo; plural noun: bugaboos
an object of fear or alarm; a bugbear.
Origin

mid 18th century: probably of Celtic origin and related to Welsh bwci bo ‘bogey, the Devil,’ bwci ‘hobgoblin’ and Cornish bucca .

Ok, that still doesn't tell me why or how it's racist.

Fitbud, there is a HUGE difference between offensive and racist. I think you're confusing the two.

People get offended everyday. This was obviously just a case of using an offensive word which is completely fine and legal. Bugaboo and hobgoblin are funny words, I chuckled. Hope those aren't racist.

(02-25-2015 11:23 AM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  Jigaboo isn't a commonly used slur (it isn't even edited out in the swear filter)....but she probably should know what it means as a news anchor.

I'd lump "Jigaboo" in with "Colored"

So old, they just seem ignorant more than racist.

(02-26-2015 11:21 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:08 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:02 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 10:10 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 04:24 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  So saying "jigaboo" means you think your race is superior to another race? Am I reading you right?

That some adults need to be taught what is and isn't racist amazes me about this forum.

That doesn't explain how the term "jigaboo" is racist (meaning you think your race is superior to another). Elaborate please.

Seriously? You don't know?

Perhaps this will help

jig·a·boo
ˈjiɡəˌbo͞o/
nounNORTH AMERICANinformaloffensive
noun: jigaboo; plural noun: jigaboos
a black person.
Origin

early 20th century: related to slang jig (in the same sense); compare with the pair bug, bugaboo .

bug·a·boo
ˈbəɡəˌbo͞o/
nounNORTH AMERICAN
noun: bugaboo; plural noun: bugaboos
an object of fear or alarm; a bugbear.
Origin

mid 18th century: probably of Celtic origin and related to Welsh bwci bo ‘bogey, the Devil,’ bwci ‘hobgoblin’ and Cornish bucca .

Ok, that still doesn't tell me why or how it's racist.

Fitbud, there is a HUGE difference between offensive and racist. I think you're confusing the two.

People get offended everyday. This was obviously just a case of using an offensive word which is completely fine and legal. Bugaboo and hobgoblin are funny words, I chuckled. Hope those aren't racist.

Calling someone a "Jigaboo" is the equivilant of calling them sub human like a bug or boogey man.

(02-26-2015 11:23 AM)supertiger Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 11:23 AM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  Jigaboo isn't a commonly used slur (it isn't even edited out in the swear filter)....but she probably should know what it means as a news anchor.

I'd lump "Jigaboo" in with "Colored"

So old, they just seem ignorant more than racist.

Actually they're just offensive terms to some people. Not ignorant or racist at all. We all have words that, when used towards us, we find offensive. I find the term "white boy" offensive but my skin is tough enough to go about my normal life without crying over it.

(02-26-2015 11:26 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Calling someone a "Jigaboo" is the equivilant of calling them sub human like a bug or boogey man.

Perhaps to you and a few others, welcome to reality. There ARE offensive words out there, and there are no exceptions, it goes for every human. Obviously some just know how to cry when they get offended.

(02-25-2015 10:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  While chatting about Lady Gaga's "Sound of Music" tribute at Sunday's Academy Awards, Kristi Capel of Cleveland's "Fox 8 News In The Morning" tried to pay the singer a compliment, but used a racial slur in the process.

Capel said she couldn't truly appreciate the pop performer when she sings her own songs: "It's hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music," she told colleague Wayne Dawson, before repeating the word again.

Capel tweeted an apology claiming ignorance of the term's meaning after one viewer called her out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23...36670.html

She was describing the music style not any type of person. Since Lady Ga Gas gender and race are marketed rather ambiguously, you can't infer she's describing Ga Ga or the people who listen to her.

(02-26-2015 11:31 AM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 10:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  While chatting about Lady Gaga's "Sound of Music" tribute at Sunday's Academy Awards, Kristi Capel of Cleveland's "Fox 8 News In The Morning" tried to pay the singer a compliment, but used a racial slur in the process.

Capel said she couldn't truly appreciate the pop performer when she sings her own songs: "It's hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music," she told colleague Wayne Dawson, before repeating the word again.

Capel tweeted an apology claiming ignorance of the term's meaning after one viewer called her out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23...36670.html

She was describing the music style not any type of person. Since Lady Ga Gas gender and race are marketed rather ambiguously, you can't infer she's describing Ga Ga or the people who listen to her.

His point, which he isn't telling us, is that he doesn't know how to handle it so he cries.

(02-26-2015 11:31 AM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 10:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  While chatting about Lady Gaga's "Sound of Music" tribute at Sunday's Academy Awards, Kristi Capel of Cleveland's "Fox 8 News In The Morning" tried to pay the singer a compliment, but used a racial slur in the process.

Capel said she couldn't truly appreciate the pop performer when she sings her own songs: "It's hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music," she told colleague Wayne Dawson, before repeating the word again.

Capel tweeted an apology claiming ignorance of the term's meaning after one viewer called her out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23...36670.html

She was describing the music style not any type of person. Since Lady Ga Gas gender and race are marketed rather ambiguously, you can't infer she's describing Ga Ga or the people who listen to her.

It would have been the same as saying "cracker music" in referrence to country.

That is not only offensive but racist.

(02-26-2015 11:35 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:31 AM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 10:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  While chatting about Lady Gaga's "Sound of Music" tribute at Sunday's Academy Awards, Kristi Capel of Cleveland's "Fox 8 News In The Morning" tried to pay the singer a compliment, but used a racial slur in the process.

Capel said she couldn't truly appreciate the pop performer when she sings her own songs: "It's hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music," she told colleague Wayne Dawson, before repeating the word again.

Capel tweeted an apology claiming ignorance of the term's meaning after one viewer called her out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23...36670.html

She was describing the music style not any type of person. Since Lady Ga Gas gender and race are marketed rather ambiguously, you can't infer she's describing Ga Ga or the people who listen to her.

It would have been the same as saying "cracker music" in referrence to country.

That is not only offensive but racist.

Dude, when are you going to learn - Racist = implying one race is superior to another, kinda like giving black people bonus points on their SAT tests just for being black. A word in and of itself is not racist. Should I be offended at Graham Crackers?

(02-26-2015 11:43 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:35 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:31 AM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 10:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  While chatting about Lady Gaga's "Sound of Music" tribute at Sunday's Academy Awards, Kristi Capel of Cleveland's "Fox 8 News In The Morning" tried to pay the singer a compliment, but used a racial slur in the process.

Capel said she couldn't truly appreciate the pop performer when she sings her own songs: "It's hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music," she told colleague Wayne Dawson, before repeating the word again.

Capel tweeted an apology claiming ignorance of the term's meaning after one viewer called her out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23...36670.html

She was describing the music style not any type of person. Since Lady Ga Gas gender and race are marketed rather ambiguously, you can't infer she's describing Ga Ga or the people who listen to her.

It would have been the same as saying "cracker music" in referrence to country.

That is not only offensive but racist.

Dude, when are you going to learn - Racist = implying one race is superior to another, kinda like giving black people bonus points on their SAT tests just for being black. A word in and of itself is not racist. Should I be offended at Graham Crackers?

Aren't humans superior to bugs?

Then calling black people "jigaboos" is comparing them to bugs.

(02-26-2015 11:44 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:43 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:35 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:31 AM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 10:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  While chatting about Lady Gaga's "Sound of Music" tribute at Sunday's Academy Awards, Kristi Capel of Cleveland's "Fox 8 News In The Morning" tried to pay the singer a compliment, but used a racial slur in the process.

Capel said she couldn't truly appreciate the pop performer when she sings her own songs: "It's hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music," she told colleague Wayne Dawson, before repeating the word again.

Capel tweeted an apology claiming ignorance of the term's meaning after one viewer called her out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23...36670.html

She was describing the music style not any type of person. Since Lady Ga Gas gender and race are marketed rather ambiguously, you can't infer she's describing Ga Ga or the people who listen to her.

It would have been the same as saying "cracker music" in referrence to country.

That is not only offensive but racist.

Dude, when are you going to learn - Racist = implying one race is superior to another, kinda like giving black people bonus points on their SAT tests just for being black. A word in and of itself is not racist. Should I be offended at Graham Crackers?

Aren't humans superior to bugs?

Then calling black people "jigaboos" is comparing them to bugs.

Aren't humans superior to crackers? Where is the implicatiion of one race being superior to others? And even though I knew that jigaboo was a reference to blacks, I never knew it referred to bugs.

(02-26-2015 11:35 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 11:31 AM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(02-25-2015 10:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  While chatting about Lady Gaga's "Sound of Music" tribute at Sunday's Academy Awards, Kristi Capel of Cleveland's "Fox 8 News In The Morning" tried to pay the singer a compliment, but used a racial slur in the process.

Capel said she couldn't truly appreciate the pop performer when she sings her own songs: "It's hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music," she told colleague Wayne Dawson, before repeating the word again.

Capel tweeted an apology claiming ignorance of the term's meaning after one viewer called her out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23...36670.html

She was describing the music style not any type of person. Since Lady Ga Gas gender and race are marketed rather ambiguously, you can't infer she's describing Ga Ga or the people who listen to her.

It would have been the same as saying "cracker music" in referrence to country.

That is not only offensive but racist.

No, THAT would be like saying "n*gger music." What she said is equivalent to saying "white boy" music.

(02-26-2015 11:44 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Aren't humans superior to bugs?

Then calling black people "jigaboos" is comparing them to bugs.

You really know how to put an elastic strain on things don't you. I don't think you could stretch that any further.

You do not have the right to not be offended.

But since you want to speak of offensive topics, how about these.

People that don't work and take from the tax payer is offensive.
Welfare recipients are offensive.
People that have children out of wedlock (bastards) are offensive.
50% of Americans that are receiving some sort of gov't assistance is offensive.
People that have multiple children by multiple "fathers" are offensive.
People that walk around in public with their pants hanging down to their thighs are offensive.
People with Bad Credit are offensive.

(02-26-2015 12:14 PM)South Carolina Duke Wrote:  You do not have the right to not be offended.

But since you want to speak of offensive topics, how about these.

People that don't work and take from the tax payer is offensive.
Welfare recipients are offensive.
People that have children out of wedlock (bastards) are offensive.
50% of Americans that are receiving some sort of gov't assistance is offensive.
People that have multiple children by multiple "fathers" are offensive.
People that walk around in public with their pants hanging down to their thighs are offensive.
People with Bad Credit are offensive.

Gay marriage is offensive to me as a Southern Baptist, but I'll get called a bigot homophobe hateful racist for that one... Oh yeah, that's because I'm white and we all know where white privilege gets us.