Powell said it’s a racial-era slave term, by which I assume he meant slave-era racial term. I tend to agree it’s was popular in the 70s, if not invented then. But the burden of proof isn’t on us. Let’s hear Powell explain its etymology. Did slaves dance while shucking corn? Probably not. Can one shuck cotton?
Nope (from cotton country AKA Georgia),no such thing as shucking cotton.