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Sheepshank

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76. She's from Missouri and had never heard the word Jigaboo before?

Reply to LeftinOH (Reply #28)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 04:13 PM

Feb 2015

not buy it one teeny tiny but.

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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