is asking a black man to dance a "jig" racist?

[RZM]

69. I'd bet the farm that 'jiggy' originated from 'jig'

The notion of African-Americans using derogatory terms to refer to one another is a whole different thing. As a white person, I really don't think it's my place to say whether or not that's ok. But it certainly is true that groups quite often lay claim to terms that were originally used as pejoratives against them.

In the first half of the 19th century, a small coterie of educated Russians debated with one another about the nature of Russia and what path it should take. The 'Westernizers' argued that Russia hadn't contributed much to civilization and needed to be as Western as possible to catch up and compete with the rest of Europe. The 'Slavophiles' argued that Russians should embrace their differences with the West, because the nature of those differences actually meant that Russia was superior to the West. 'Slavophile' was originally a pejorative that the Westernizers used against their opponents. Yet they ended up embracing it and the movement has been associated with that term ever since.

Same thing with 'Yankee.'

Of course this woman isn't black. So who knows.