http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/tex...-claims-she-didnt-know-word-is-a-racial-slur/
Felt it was inappropriate but no one said anything until now
Felt it was inappropriate but no one said anything until now
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Texas teacher nicknames class her jighaboos
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Slang for black people. I don't think I've ever actually seen it spelled out, but I certainly wouldn't put an h in there if I did though.
Ninja Scooter
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It never ceases to amaze me how dumb teachers can be.
Yeah, she thought she had spelled it correctly.
Why? They're just people. And a teaching certificate to instruct children isn't the most intellectually challenging thing to acquire.
Idiots graduate college all the time. After that, all one needs is a certificate, which isn't even education intensive.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Jiggaboo is an old timey racial slur for black people
...taking the word back?
No seriously. What? Even if you were an ignorant bigot you, presumably, have some sort of higher education to be a teacher right? Are things different in Texas? You know, besides the obvious? What situation could have facilitated the thought of this being an appropriate idea.
No seriously. What? Even if you were an ignorant bigot you, presumably, have some sort of higher education to be a teacher right? Are things different in Texas? You know, besides the obvious? What situation could have facilitated the thought of this being an appropriate idea.
old manatee
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lolwtf another one was named Dream Team. It would almost be better if they were all racist slurs.
The fuck.
ebullientprism
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Its spelled wrong (I think). Jigaboo is a racial slur towards black people.
As a non American with ESL, Stephen King taught me way too many "colloquialisms".
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
My friend and I used to joke around that if someone called us a jiggaboo or porch monkey we would have to contain our laughter before we could act offended. Like who even says those anymore?
Old racist slur
Texas....where slaves are called migrant workers
Karsticles
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While not a good decision, I do wonder if the name was teacher-chosen or student-chosen. I teach a lot of minority students, and they often want to name themselves things like this because they think pseudo-racism towards themselves is hilarious (part of taking ownership of a thing rather than being a victim). I always have them choose something more school-appropriate, of course. Students deal with these things in different ways.
kitschykitty
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Well that was inappropriate but depending on their age I really wouldn't be surprised if they legitimately didn't know what that word meant.
GeordieMark
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Send in Hightower to sort these clowns out.
They're practically homophones.
A pretty old slang used for disparaging black people.
It fell out of common use a long time ago.
kitschykitty
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Well sounds like you know people in Texas better then me.
Ninja Scooter
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No I totally get that. I guess i just mean as a kid I always thought teachers were like the smartest people ever, and like you said, turns out they can be real morons.
Dubbedinenglish
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Ah the classics, bringing back the "back in my day" racism.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
That's what I'm thinking. I could see a younger teacher having no idea what this is. Jiggaboo isn't even something that's used in pop culture like nigga or coon. She might have been trying to come up with something silly and just fucked up.
We had to explain "The Coon" from South Park to two of my friends because they weren't familiar with that term. They thought it was just being played 100℅ straight.
SecretMoblin
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I SWEAR there was a recent-ish thread about someone who called someone else a jiggaboo and then said he/she was just putting random syllables together as a defense
edit: of fucking course it involves lady gaga
edit: of fucking course it involves lady gaga
It is amazing how it is only minority slurs that springs into creation like that. Never see shit like Mrs.Stevens "Awesome Ofays"
This is one of those words that I know is a slur, but I have no fucking idea how or why it came to be.
I've only ever heard it used in a joking manner, as a substitute for nigga, i.e. "Jigga, what!?", typically by an ignorant white boy who doesn't realize it's just as unacceptable as nigga.
I've only ever heard it used in a joking manner, as a substitute for nigga, i.e. "Jigga, what!?", typically by an ignorant white boy who doesn't realize it's just as unacceptable as nigga.
When I was younger and still a student, I thought I would eventually reach an education level where the idiots are weeded out. That never happens. There are people with PhDs and MDs who, despite their ability to study effectively and complete the requirements of their discipline, still say the stupidest shit you have ever heard. Hell, some of them are on TV saying stupid shit for a living.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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Does Juggalo come from some sort of deformed appropriation of Jigaboo?
I remember that thread that new anchor non apology and explanation of just making up the word on the spot was just uhgrrrrrrrrr
sixteen-bit
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indefensible
It's actually not racist if you put in the H
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