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Jackson?

posted 18 years ago by spam-564
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Anyone have a clue how "Jackson" is offensive to the black waiter? Apparently its old slang? cant find anything online that mentions it except some guy in an article who says "Slap me some skin, Jackson!"

[–] atapj 18 years ago

In "Road to Rio" Hope and Crosby have a hilarious scene where they teach some carioca musicians three english phrases ("that's murder", "you're telling me?", and "you're in the groove Jackson!") to pass them off as americans. My father in law (born 1920) said it was a common phrase in the 40's.

[–] pw212 17 years ago

IT JUST GENERALIZES BLACK PEOPLE, ALOT HAVE THE LAST NAME OF WASHINGTON AND JACKSON. ITS LIKE CALLING ANY MEXICAN PERSON GARCIA, RODRIGUEZ, LOPEZ. IT JUST GENERALIZES THEM.

I WRITE IN CAPS OUT OF SPITE...BECAUSE IT BOTHERS YOU.

[–] kylopod 16 years ago

Jackson is the surname of several prominent African Americans: Jesse Jackson, Reggie Jackson, Michael Jackson and all his siblings, etc. I guess it was supposed to be like referring to any Jewish person you see as "Goldstein." Still, I never heard of anyone using "Jackson" as an epithet until this movie, and it was a pretty weird scene that I'm not sure I could buy.

[–] Cameron_Frye 16 years ago

What... It's a term for service!

[–] kylopod 16 years ago

Are you serious? I've never heard that use of the term. I checked some dictionaries and couldn't find anything. I checked urbandictionary, and it gave several slang definitions, but not one of them said "service."

[–] hsimms 16 years ago

"Jacks" is a term once used for runaway slaves.

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