TurboButts
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I thought that meant male prostitute?
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Texas teacher nicknames class her jighaboos
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"The term originated during a 1994 live performance by Insane Clown Posse. During the song 'The Juggla,' Violent J addressed the audience as 'Juggalos,' and the positive response resulted in Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope using the word thereafter to refer to themselves and their friends, family and fans, including other Psychopathic Records artists."
I heard it growing up a decent amount in Florida in the 80s and 90s. More often than the n word for sure.
thequickandthedead
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Get Top on the phone.
I can only assume her back-ups were The Savages and the mud skins.
Honestly had no idea that it was an old racial slur. I live in Texas and work right next to that school district.
Teacher should have done some research on the word before putting it in the hallways and all that. Surprised it took a parent to notice it and no other teachers/principals/officials saw it or said something first.
Teacher should have done some research on the word before putting it in the hallways and all that. Surprised it took a parent to notice it and no other teachers/principals/officials saw it or said something first.
paolo11
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I know. It's really sad that these "educators" are teaching youths with their racial remarks.
This teacher will be fired, right?
FrostuTheNinja
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If you've watched Enter the Dragon, you're aware of the more common variation of the term.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8djo3gz06M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8djo3gz06M
The Albatross
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This is crazy but my wife, who is a teacher at an inner city school and is generally way more up with slang than I am, came home from school one day with no idea what jigaboo meant or referred to.
Some kids in one of her classes (HS english, very low income, majority black and latino school) took to calling each other jigaboo and she thought it was hilarious, came home and mentioned it to me and I'm like "oh... that's a racial epithet for a black person" and she was like "OMG I ALMOST CALLED THEM THAT TO GET THEM TO PAY ATTENTION"
She's in her late 20s, had never heard of it before.
Some kids in one of her classes (HS english, very low income, majority black and latino school) took to calling each other jigaboo and she thought it was hilarious, came home and mentioned it to me and I'm like "oh... that's a racial epithet for a black person" and she was like "OMG I ALMOST CALLED THEM THAT TO GET THEM TO PAY ATTENTION"
She's in her late 20s, had never heard of it before.
You're thinking of gigolo.
That's a gigolo, who may or may not be called a juggalo, but should never be called a jigaboo.
Students more than likely got to choose a nickname for their class. A group of typical dipshit boys probably threw out jigaboo as a laugh and the teacher was ignorant enough to not realize it was a racist term. I teach kids, trust me, they are far more devious and clever than we give them credit for.
Luschient
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By "certificate" you do mean a degree from an accredited university right? I know lots of people who went into the education field and the coursework they had to complete was plenty "challenging".
OT, yeah how do you not know that term is racist slang? Dumb.
Netherscourge
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It's an old racist term.
SliceSabre
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Damn that teacher reached back for an old ass racist slur. That a slur my grandparent's parents would have heard.
Bluekaveli
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I never knew it was a racial slur, just thought it was since name Jay Z made for himself in the 90s.
Teachers should do more research though.
Teachers should do more research though.
This is one where I can actually believe she heard it as a kid without understanding what it actually meant, never heard it again, and didn't know what she was doing when she used that "cute, old timey" word again later in life. I grew up in Texas and it would mirror my recollection, if she's around my age, of the elderly occasionally using it then it passing completely from common discourse entirely. Doesn't excuse her not looking up a word she wants to apply to a class at all.
I can also actually believe she's stealth racist and thought she was being clever.
I can also actually believe she's stealth racist and thought she was being clever.
bobbychalkers
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Jay Z says it, if people don't want to be called that word, stop saying it rap lyrics
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xDUMPWEEDx
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My grandpa used to refer to black people as "jig" or "jigs". I'm guessing that it is a shorterned version of jiggaboo, that has been around for a very, very, long time.
The funny thing is, I think he was the only white person in his entire apartment complex, living in a city that is about 80% minorities.
I also gotta address this buffoonery. It's called a teaching license, not a certificate. In order to get this license you have to have a BA in education or masters in education. You can't just graduate with any old fuckass degree and get a teaching license. It sounds like you are describing the nonsense certificates people get in order to move to Asia and "teach" at language centers. These are given wily nily and require no actual teaching experience, ability, or training. Don't confuse the two.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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It is Texas....
Also, PC america ruining things yet again.
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LOL, you mean gigolo...
Holy shit, how did that even exist at one point?
Yes, you can get a BA and an MA in teaching, but that isn't the only way.
One could get a BA in any topic, then take classes to get certified to be a teacher. It's called Teaching Certification. Guess you two didn't know.
And getting a BA in teaching, as I said, isn't education intensive. It's not a measure of how smart you are like most college work. They "teach" you how to be a teacher, and all you need to do is be smarter than children.
As we've seen, that is not always the case. As everyone knows, pretty stupid and ignorant people wind up with degrees all the time.
People really, really really hate(d) black people.
How old is she? If she's in her 30s or under, I could entertain the idea of her not knowing the word.
I live in Houston. Never heard it before in my life either.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Yeah, I know but it's still in the 1900s and even with Civil Rights stuff it's still amazing that companies had no hesitation with things like that.
It's supposed to say small often abandoned house/dwelling. It's missing a word.
Oh right, non-US here, I thought it was some cute term for juggalo lol.
TheSpoiler
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I don't see how it could be the kids who used the label since she named the other kids "dream team" and her error was merely spelling it correctly.
Blue Submarine No. 6
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A friend of mine took a walkabout after a messy divorce a while back and ended up spending five years teaching grade school in Texas...
He came back to Canada 4 years ago, but he is still the most entertaining guy at the table when he starts telling stories about the school administrations and fellow teachers he worked with down there... They're scary ass stories sometimes, but funny as hell too...
His take away was that the kids are great, but something happens to them down there before they reach adulthood... and the God stuff is impossible to stomach...
He came back to Canada 4 years ago, but he is still the most entertaining guy at the table when he starts telling stories about the school administrations and fellow teachers he worked with down there... They're scary ass stories sometimes, but funny as hell too...
His take away was that the kids are great, but something happens to them down there before they reach adulthood... and the God stuff is impossible to stomach...
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
That is beyond fucked...
Bare in mind that this wasn't just an illustration or a cultural joke. People actually used black babies as alligator bait during slavery and for a period afterward.
http://www.reunionblackfamily.com/a...abies-as-alligator-bait#.UuGnSqGzJFY.facebook
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/alligator-bait/
I heard it once many years ago and thought it meant people who danced a lot (as in dance a jig). Clearly I didn't get the context right but I was young and don't really even remember the circumstances. Years later when some friends and I were using "Jigga" on teamspeak in Wow to refer to a friend whose character name was just Jgj, we were mortified when someone was like "uh wtf guys?" And clued us in. My friend got a name change too just to try and erase the stench. Besides, it was a dumb chat name anyway.
The Albatross
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You were kind of accurate until the third paragraph.
You're right for the first couple points -- not all states require or even grant Bachelor's Degrees in education. At least up until a couple years ago, Massachusetts -- considered one of the best states for public education in the country (and hell, the world) -- did not grant bachelors degrees in education, you had to get a bachelors degree in another topic (Math, english, history, etc) and then have a specialty (concentration, minor) in teaching, elementary education, etc.
Although Massachusetts also requires all teachers to be obtaining their Masters in Education within the first 5 years of teaching, and the certification is challenging and has to be from a degree granting, accredited college or university. This includes thousands of hours of monitoring, being monitored, on top of a part time workload of coursework, which is also typically on top of working a full time job to pay for it. It's not some willy nilly walk in the park.
Where you're wrong, and frankly insulting, is that "getting a BA in teaching isn't education intensive and isn't a measure of how smart you are unlike most college work." What the fuck does this mean and what are you even talking about? If this is another ignorant bias against the humanities I'll at least understand where you're coming from -- simply a position of ignorance because you don't know any better. But, if this isn't an ignorant bias against the humanities, can you explain how getting a bachelors degree in education is not "education intensive" and does not measure "how smart you are," and how most other bachelors degrees do measure how smart you are and are education intensive?
As someone who's in Texas and has literally never heard this word in my life, I somewhat wouldn't be too surprised if she made up what she thought were some gibberish words for teams and this one turned out to be too close to a racist slur. But I don't think that's the case. The word is just way too similar to likely be unintentional.
Painting -all- teachers with a wide brush isn't too smart either tbh (refering to your original post).
Just like any profession out there, there are idiots.
As per the term, I have lived in the US for about 11 years and never heard it before... You learn everyday.
the gator is somehow less racist than the author/artist.
BetterThanNothing
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I wish I had Tony Soprano as one of my teachers growing up
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