> > "Ooga booga" is a slur on Africans? > > Sure, it's a crude burlesque of African language > used in tribal rituals. > > "Mumbo-jumbo" is another derogatory term derived > from African religion; the original refers to a > religious figure among the Mandingo. > > Both terms have lost their references and become > ordinary slang, but they were originally slurs.
So if they are not slurs now, how is a current use of the term a slur on africans, now? > > Its an often used phrase use > > here and other lists for para-rational spiritual stuff: siddhis, > > shakti, ME, etc. Why after all these years, of the term being > > regularly used, did you decide to wait until now to inform us that > > the term is actually a slur on Africans. Who knew? > I've never seen the term used here that I can recall. Lots of apparent racists on this list. And in society. Including Hugh Masekela. Who knew? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/78973 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/68955 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/64594 http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05288.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg24663.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20454.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00486.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20441.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20423.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20416.html ------ http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2643614,00.html http://www.oogaboogatikihuts.com/ http://dreamcast.ign.com/objects/015/015841.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
