New Kitten - Page 3

Pie · 01-06-2009, 11:58 AM

Oh, you mean that screeching that occurs over the perfectly good music?
No, can't say I've heard it.

Griff · 01-07-2009, 06:40 AM

My uncle had a black German Shepard named Spook when I was a kid. I didn't know he was a racist.... and he didn't know he'd have black grandchildren.

glatt · 01-07-2009, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

My uncle had a black German Shepard named Spook when I was a kid. I didn't know he was a racist.... and he didn't know he'd have black grandchildren.

As a kid, my really nice friendly neighbors down the street had a black lab named Toby. It wasn't until Roots came out that I learned Toby was supposedly a very common slave name. I still wonder about them.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

As a kid, my really nice friendly neighbors down the street had a black lab named Toby. It wasn't until Roots came out that I learned Toby was supposedly a very common slave name. I still wonder about them.

That's not fair. Suddenly some TV show, movie or newspaper headline will attach a significance to or even stigmatizes a word or phrase that was perfectly innocent to most if not all of the world. Look at the word gay.

DanaC · 01-07-2009, 12:09 PM

Spook? How is that racist?

jinx · 01-07-2009, 12:13 PM

In the same way that eggplant, canadian, or mul(ignan) is.

DanaC · 01-07-2009, 12:36 PM

Ok. Eggplant I've heard of. Mul(ignan)?

Oh and Canadian?

[eta] I've never heard black people called spooks before.

Happy Monkey · 01-07-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Ok. Eggplant I've heard of. Mul(ignan)?

Oh and Canadian?

[eta] I've never heard black people called spooks before.

"Spooks" is called "MI-5" in the US.

DanaC · 01-08-2009, 04:38 AM

Ahhh. Ok. This all makes sense now. Thanks Pie and HM.

See, for me, when I heard the word 'spook' for a black dog, i thought becaue he's a dark furred animal and might move through night like a spook/ghost. But then I thought....oh!...if earlier generations of racsts weren't seeing black people as entirely human, would they have made that same kind of association for black people?

But clearly...it's got fuck all to do with that :P

Griff · 01-08-2009, 05:29 AM

...and let's not pretend racism makes sense.

Pico and ME · 01-07-2009, 12:39 PM

My husband named our black kitty 'Turbo'. He replaced my beloved Bo, who I had for 13 years. Turbo sort of lived up to his name when he was young...he always dashed around at full speed. Now the name is not quite as apt.

lumberjim · 01-07-2009, 12:49 PM

mulignan ( pronounced mool in yahn) is italian for eggplant. sometimes degos call black guys moolie for short.

DanaC · 01-07-2009, 12:53 PM

Ohhh. Ok thanks.

Pie · 01-07-2009, 12:56 PM

Huh. We sometimes refer to our cats as "eggplants", that being the general shape they take in some forms of repose. Certainly, no racial overtones were implied.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2009, 01:02 PM

Pie, regional... the historical animosity between the Italians and Blacks in the Philadelphia area, has created some unique jargon that other people wouldn't get.

01-06-2009, 11:58 AM	#1
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Oh, you mean that screeching that occurs over the perfectly good music? No, can't say I've heard it. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-07-2009, 06:40 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My uncle had a black German Shepard named Spook when I was a kid. I didn't know he was a racist.... and he didn't know he'd have black grandchildren. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-07-2009, 12:13 PM	#6
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	In the same way that eggplant, canadian, or mul(ignan) is. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-08-2009, 05:29 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	...and let's not pretend racism makes sense. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-07-2009, 12:49 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	mulignan ( pronounced mool in yahn) is italian for eggplant. sometimes degos call black guys moolie for short. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-07-2009, 12:09 PM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Spook? How is that racist?

01-07-2009, 12:36 PM	#7
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ok. Eggplant I've heard of. Mul(ignan)? Oh and Canadian? [eta] I've never heard black people called spooks before.

01-08-2009, 04:38 AM	#9
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ahhh. Ok. This all makes sense now. Thanks Pie and HM. See, for me, when I heard the word 'spook' for a black dog, i thought becaue he's a dark furred animal and might move through night like a spook/ghost. But then I thought....oh!...if earlier generations of racsts weren't seeing black people as entirely human, would they have made that same kind of association for black people? But clearly...it's got fuck all to do with that :P

01-07-2009, 12:39 PM	#11
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	My husband named our black kitty 'Turbo'. He replaced my beloved Bo, who I had for 13 years. Turbo sort of lived up to his name when he was young...he always dashed around at full speed. Now the name is not quite as apt.

01-07-2009, 12:53 PM	#13
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ohhh. Ok thanks.

01-07-2009, 12:56 PM	#14
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Huh. We sometimes refer to our cats as "eggplants", that being the general shape they take in some forms of repose. Certainly, no racial overtones were implied. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-07-2009, 01:02 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pie, regional... the historical animosity between the Italians and Blacks in the Philadelphia area, has created some unique jargon that other people wouldn't get. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 01-07-2009 at 01:09 PM.

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