re: A nice way to close out Black History Month thanks to a former Miss Missouri

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A lack of education is ruining this country, as evidenced by this thread full of people that didn't know jigaboo was a racial slur.

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Ummmm ... I think it's more about generational ignorance, as in many millennials are ignorant as frick.

But hey - it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Rather, (and I already know the answer to this in advance but can't wait to read all the WAGs) ...

1 - Why do African-Americans, who regularly slur one-another with the N word never, not ever, refer to one another as jigaboos? What do they find so repugnant about the word and why?

2 - What is the origin of the perjorative "jigaboo?" (Hint, see also jiggabo and jigarooni)

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Why do SOME African-Americans, who regularly slur one-another with the N word

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fify--there are plenty who avoid the use of the word at all costs.

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never, not ever, refer to one another as jigaboos? What do they find so repugnant about the word and why?

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More than anything, it's just not a common word. If a word isn't a common slur or a part of regular vocabulary, it tends to fall by the wayside in general usage.

Like I said, I'd never heard the term myself before today.

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many millennials are ignorant as frick.

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And Gen Y-ers. And Gen X-ers. And baby boomers. And every other generation in America for our entire history.

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You must have grown up in a very small town

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Well to tell how small a town it was, can you name Alvin Garrett's college? That's how small it was.

You missed racial slur day, too?

I think weather canx'ed class in my neck of the woods that day, iirc

Well, for anyone who doesn't know or doesn't believe what the dumb female anchor said is a racial slur, just watch the reaction of her co-anchor, or ask an African American in the Deep South, particularly one over the age of 35. It's a slur.

I don't think it's used as much as it once was, thank goodness, but it still is said, unfortunately, in a derogatory manner toward blacks. It just probably depends on where you are. I know it is still used in rural areas of the south, and generally by older people since it was a more "popular" slur in their day, & people who have been raised hearing it frequently, which I suspect is what happened in this case with the dumb female anchor.

I truly don't understand how one cannot know that word is a racial slur after hearing it used. A pretty good rule of thumb is that when a slang term is used in place of "black person," "African American," etc., you can be pretty positive it is not done so in a benevolent manner, so don't repeat it. ... Evidently, this girl is too stupid to realize that.

dam sam..

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This is why I surround myself with intelligent women

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frick that. Educated women always think they are entitled to an opinion

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You didn't know jigaboo is a racial slur?

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LINK

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frick that. Educated women always think they are entitled to an opinion

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It was all good until we taught them how to read, things really went down hill after that.