Anders Breivic, Three Years On

[derspiess]

I think it is pretty well archaic now. It sounds like something you would hear in a Blaxploitation remake, to sound "period". Like, these really uncool Whitey cats were hassling Shaft, calling him a "spade" and all ... 

Anyway, I don't think anyone is likely to take racial offence at using the phrase "calling a spade a spade" these days.

And of course Keenan Ivory Wayans's lead character in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" was named Jack Spade.

[Admiral Yi]

The W word?

[The Brain]

Whoosh.

[CountDeMoney]

I prefer the more PC version: call a jigaboo a jigaboo.

MOON CRICKETS

That one was always my favorite.

Although I did hear a sergeant come over the radio once in the middle of a confused foot chase, and say "now wait a cotton-pickin' minute".  The radio silence was deafening.

[derspiess]

The W word?

I'm guessing "wog".

Although I did hear a sergeant come over the radio once in the middle of a confused foot chase, and say "now wait a cotton-pickin' minute".  The radio silence was deafening.

I didn't know that had racist connotations. 

[CountDeMoney]

Although I did hear a sergeant come over the radio once in the middle of a confused foot chase, and say "now wait a cotton-pickin' minute".  The radio silence was deafening.

I didn't know that had racist connotations.

WHO PICKS COTTON?  WHITE PEOPLE, THAT'S WHO

[derspiess]

A lot of white people did.

[CountDeMoney]

Save it for the rally, States' Rights.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I used to use that phrase back in the 60s, picked it up from watching Deputy Dawg, luckily nobody in London or Celle seemed to mind 

[Barrister]

The racism of "cottin-picking" seems up for debate:

http://open.salon.com/blog/heather_michon/2010/08/31/wait_one_cotton-picking_minute

[Capetan Mihali]

serious publications such as the Economist

[The Minsky Moment]

.  I am impressed how the media manages to enrage everybody equally.

It must be a conspiracy.

[derspiess]

The racism of "cottin-picking" seems up for debate:

http://open.salon.com/blog/heather_michon/2010/08/31/wait_one_cotton-picking_minute

Only in the sense that it can be misconstrued as something racist.  Using it in conjunction with a person who happens to be black is cringe-worthy though, and you're just asking for faux-outrage.

[Tonitrus]

You people.