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derby378

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50. I think she used the slur to refer to Gaga's pre-Tony Bennett material

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 03:31 PM

Feb 2015

ChickMagic was a big fan of hers, made me call into the local Top 40 station to request Bad Romance on Thanksgiving Day, and turned the radio up to 11 in the car when it started playing, singing and dancing to the music. Needless to say, she got the CD for Christmas.

I think Ginny wanted to adopt Gaga if nobody else wanted her. Turns out she has a supportive if occasionally bemused family, which is terrific.

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Local Fox anchor complains about Lady Gaga�s �jigaboo music� during Oscars coverage [View all] derby378 Feb 2015 OP

Fox anchor accidentally says COLGATE4 Feb 2015 #1

See how bold people are getting? Things never got better in America. bravenak Feb 2015 #2

Her apology is what seals the deal for me. Gormy Cuss Feb 2015 #4

"I didn't know what it meant, that it's even a word" salin Feb 2015 #11

when you are not sure what a word means, the wise... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #81

What a lame excuse Long Drive Feb 2015 #122

And trying to claim she wasn't even sure if... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #123

I knew about that word and I'm an Australian living in Holland!! n/t SwissTony Feb 2015 #126

another one of those "mistakes were made" affairs. calimary Feb 2015 #98

They have been getting bolder and bolder awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #116

I was not surprised.nt bravenak Feb 2015 #117

I hear you... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #120

OMG! I haven't heard 'that word' in ages. Purveyor Feb 2015 #3

I know, it's a word my mother used to use when we were little notadmblnd Feb 2015 #23

I haven't missed it. At all. n/t winter is coming Feb 2015 #24

Yes, not for about 40 years from my Uncles... weird... winstars Feb 2015 #65

My grandfather, who fought in WWI, used that word phylny Feb 2015 #92

I find it amusing that she thought the 'Sound of Music' was 'Porgy & Bess' tenderfoot Feb 2015 #5

I've got a lovely song for Kristi right here... derby378 Feb 2015 #9

I loved that commercial!! KeepItReal Feb 2015 #27

Actually, mice are quite intelligent. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #31

really, you can't get any whiter than the sound of music & julie andrews! FFS spanone Feb 2015 #32

Don't Insult the Mice! redstatebluegirl Feb 2015 #103

Nicely done! Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #114

Wow. zappaman Feb 2015 #6

Saying that to a black man's face. Good thing the co anchor kept his composure. alp227 Feb 2015 #7

I don't know, but if she gets fired, she can be the spokesperson for this company derby378 Feb 2015 #8

I was buying some silicone lubricant for the slide on my RV and I saw that stuff tularetom Feb 2015 #17

I was expecing Capt. Obvious Feb 2015 #64

What the He**? Lifelong Protester Feb 2015 #10

Well people use the word "maroon" for people here gollygee Feb 2015 #12

Where did you hear that? derby378 Feb 2015 #14

I think it's more common knowledge than the etymology of "jigaboo" gollygee Feb 2015 #15

Wow... derby378 Feb 2015 #25

Maybe my knowledge comes from my specific situation gollygee Feb 2015 #42

Same here deutsey Feb 2015 #48

it was. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #56

That's all it was. It was Bug Bunny's way of saying moron. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #74

The characters Bugs referred to as maroons (a/k/a morons) hifiguy Feb 2015 #85

No shit? Whoa! Orrex Feb 2015 #52

Same here... TeeYiYi Feb 2015 #79

Never heard that usage before.. DCBob Feb 2015 #104

Thats what Bugs said "Whata moroon" But most of the comics back thin sometimes were not LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #75

and in this case, the political incorrectness had to do with the mentally retarded, not racial ND-Dem Feb 2015 #89

NOT maroons, morans hedda_foil Feb 2015 #88

please don't further cloud the facts. "moron" = the dictionary word for a person of subnormal ND-Dem Feb 2015 #100

Of course they do! It's from Bugs Bunny cartoons tularetom Feb 2015 #18

There is racism in cartoons of that era gollygee Feb 2015 #19

'maroon' also means a reddish-brown color. does that have racist connotations too? ND-Dem Feb 2015 #59

There are three uses of the word gollygee Feb 2015 #63

There's actually more than that, since regardless of its origins, "to maroon" used as a verb ND-Dem Feb 2015 #73

"Maroon" is not a racist term. Xithras Feb 2015 #26

It isn't an insult, but it is racial gollygee Feb 2015 #34

It's not true because you don't believe it? Xithras Feb 2015 #77

It's not so obscure gollygee Feb 2015 #80

I've always assumed that was based on the color. Xithras Feb 2015 #82

plenty of highschools use the "maroon" as a mascot? none in the leagues my HS played in. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #99

The one I went to used it gollygee Feb 2015 #101

yours did. that's one. i did a search: ND-Dem Feb 2015 #105

The name of the Florida Indian tribe ("Seminole") is supposedly derived from it. And I ND-Dem Feb 2015 #66

I honestly did not know that. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #33

The "shipwrecked" and other use of the word are related. gollygee Feb 2015 #37

I had no idea "maroon" had a racial subtext. I just hear Bugs Bunny's voice saying it. Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #44

We usually say "moran" KamaAina Feb 2015 #68

That's what I see more of here at DU... Phentex Feb 2015 #90

"Jigaboo" has no other denotation or connotation than as a highly negative slur on black people. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #69

Seems rather likely. LanternWaste Feb 2015 #127

could be. but then i'd think i'd see it in print somewhere, & i've been unable to find any ND-Dem Feb 2015 #131

Somebody needs to tell this guy also... snooper2 Feb 2015 #71

As others have said... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #119

I didn't know that Catherine Vincent Feb 2015 #121

One would expect a news reader to be educated. lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #13

Sweet Jesus that's fucked up ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #16

Her apology is that she didn't know it was a word? onenote Feb 2015 #20

Lol, yet she said the word. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #39

She might as well have called it N***** music aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #21

So she dogs out Lady Gaga's music, then says "she has a gorgeous voice"? KeepItReal Feb 2015 #22

Her co-host said "she has a beautiful voice". louis-t Feb 2015 #55

Amended with "Gorgeous" KeepItReal Feb 2015 #62

It's very possible that Newsbunny Kristi doesn't know LeftinOH Feb 2015 #28

Yikes! It's DROP DEAD GORGEOUS meets DUMB AND DUMBER! derby378 Feb 2015 #35

I don't know what a word means, but I'll use it on live TV to diss Lady Gaga's music? KeepItReal Feb 2015 #41

She's from Missouri and had never heard the word Jigaboo before? Sheepshank Feb 2015 #76

That is a tough... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #83

Nice Catch! ProfessorGAC Feb 2015 #128

I haven't heard that word used since the early 80's geomon666 Feb 2015 #29

I vaguely recall the word. riversedge Feb 2015 #30

I'm in my fifties, and I've never heard it before. Had no idea what... MANative Feb 2015 #40

Yes and it was a insult in that movie (Spike Lee's "School Daze") KeepItReal Feb 2015 #43

A good rural Pentecostal girl indeed. Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #36

Fox affiliates and the terrorist organization, Fox News, are very different. randys1 Feb 2015 #38

Roller derby?? Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #78

My hero was Charlie O'Connell randys1 Feb 2015 #86

Ann Calvello and her hair! Adsos Letter Feb 2015 #112

Offensive in any case, but absolutely baffling for a medley of Rodgers & Hammerstein show tunes. tanyev Feb 2015 #45

I think she used the slur to refer to Gaga's pre-Tony Bennett material derby378 Feb 2015 #50

Oh, that makes more sense. Still a horrible thing to say. tanyev Feb 2015 #58

i think she was trying to say that she couldn't hear gaga's voice in gaga's 'typical' songs because ND-Dem Feb 2015 #110

�I apologize if I offended you, I had no idea it was a word or what it meant. Thank you yellowcanine Feb 2015 #46

Apologies don't include the word "if" KeepItReal Feb 2015 #47

Well thank GAWD she did not call it jungle (fuzzy little rabbit) music! yellowcanine Feb 2015 #49

Vapidity, thy name is Kristi Capel n/t deutsey Feb 2015 #51

Ohhhh, that one's gonna leave a mark. louis-t Feb 2015 #53

wtf? he said that on TV? that is a no-holds barred racial slur. no way to disguise it as ND-Dem Feb 2015 #54

You mean "she," right? derby378 Feb 2015 #57

yes. i read too quick because i was actually shocked that anyone would say that on tv. and ND-Dem Feb 2015 #61

I swear, if some shithead called Obama a n*gger live on Meet the Press, there's be 20 DUers to offer alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #60

That hasn't happened yet? KamaAina Feb 2015 #72

Just a matter of time. MerryBlooms Feb 2015 #97

Racist is as racist does AC_Mem Feb 2015 #67

Has my grandpa come back to life? KamaAina Feb 2015 #70

Did she confuse Gaga with Jennifer Hudson rocktivity Feb 2015 #84

FYI, there is a live orchestra playing from a studio at Capitol Records nearby, saving room in the Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #95

Then it WAS piped in -- the orchestra behind Gaga clearly wasn't real rocktivity Feb 2015 #96

her apology this morning Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #87

Rec to expose her stupidity. Gag! Cha Feb 2015 #91

I don't buy for a minute that she didn't know what it meant. She used it in a pejorative manner. rhett o rick Feb 2015 #93

Is this 1925? Throd Feb 2015 #94

What a stupid, ignorant person. blue neen Feb 2015 #102

Aside from being a racist and stupid comment it doesn't even make sense. DCBob Feb 2015 #106

That's why I think she really meant Jennifer Hudson: rocktivity Feb 2015 #124

The FOX anchors on the national outlet are typically educated at elite schools. They just play dumb ND-Dem Feb 2015 #107

LOL! woolldog Feb 2015 #108

She and her co-anchor would make a great 'ooops, my mistake' comedy routine if they worked at it. VScott Feb 2015 #109

She must have been referring to the violins Enrique Feb 2015 #111

WTF? Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #113

"Dawson, who is black, said after a nervous laugh" awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #115

IMO: Dawson's composure was commendable. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #125

aw mai gawd... NuttyFluffers Feb 2015 #118

Maybe she thought it sounded like spooky Irish dance music. KamaAina Feb 2015 #129

Freakin WOW!!! uponit7771 Feb 2015 #130

Ohio anchor taken off the air after using racial slur in live recap of Lady Gaga's Oscar performance PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #132