'Cakewalk,' 'o Can Do' and other harmful language we must stop using

NBCU Academy ^ | October 6, 2022 | Claire Wang

[Leaning Right]

Stop using words that might offend some delicate snowflake?
No can do.

In fact, I just might go out and buy this nifty shirt.

[goodnesswins]

Oh, go away Claire...just go away...like back to China where you came from.

[Wuli]

None of these things are actual “triggers” today, because 99% of the people were not born or grew up in any age when the terms first came into use, so the terms no longer have the intentions behind them at their origination and no one today hears the terms with those meanings. All kinds of little phrases in every language once had meanings no one today means when using them.

[Sicon]

“you’re not as smart as you think you are”

This is true of 98% of liberals.

[Chickensoup]

However if you say someone is trying to jew you out of some money... I imagine you go to the head of the class in this culture.

[nopardons]

She's SO damned wrong re many of these terms, that it's beyond laughable!

Cakewalk was NEVER done during slavery.

Gung-HO is far older than the 1930s!

Spade meaning blacks, is a newer term and actually means a gardening tool.

Powwow is a phrase like tete-a-tete ( FRENCH! ) to connotate something and is in no way a slur/putdown.

And this little SNOWFLAKE needs to just STFU and crawl back under the rock she calls "home".

[Chickensoup]

I will tell you how the author got this one. The Research:

When she was a little child there was a popular picture book that depicted a cakewalk as a dance to win a cake in a black church community.

Like there were NO OTHER COMMUNITIES that used the idea or term.

Because the author is limited and cognitively inflexible.

[null and void]

Instead of ‘no can do’ hiss by sucking air between your teeth then saying ‘that would be very difficult’...

[nopardons]

No, actually the CAKEWALK was a term that comes down to us from contests ( usually held by blacks, for blacks ) at the end of the 19th century, whose first prize was a...CAKE! There were many different songs written especially for these dances and sheet music still exists.

These contests and dances became famous and many teams/acts made it to the vaudeville stage.

[beethovenfan]

I’ll try to use these as often as possible. FWOKE

[Stosh]

I think she’s being hysterical (but let’s just hope her inclination to etymology doesn’t take her to the classical Greek).

[daku]

I noticed the list capitalizes Black and Native American in the middle of sentences yet spells white in lowercase. Ignoring this racist practice is on the publisher and audience.

[SkyDancer]

Have to remove the word “shine” from the dictionary too. It’s racist.

[Lurker]

“In journalism, our goal is to build trust and credibility,” said Karen Yin.”

You’ve failed miserably.

L

[Skooz]

I’m going to say “gung ho” harder.

[stylin19a]

so
illegal alien is ok...
paddy wagon is ok...
oriental is ok...
dixie is ok...

</s off>

[Migraine]

Wow! On Freeper, you can really learn a lot!

I learned so much from that pedantic piece. I’m actually considering adding to the niggardly donation I made to the Freepathon.

[Responsibility2nd]

In all my 65 years around the sun, I’ve never heard the phrase...

“open the kimono”.

Made up? Anyone else heard this?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

If you’re questioning whether a saying is insensitive, just go ahead and avoid it.

OK, from now on, I won't tell anybody I'm voting for Trump this fall.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Don’t forget to stop using “math” and “logic” as well.