I'm quite sure you understand my point, so I'm not going to play your games.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "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/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg05288.html > > http://www.mail- archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg24663.html > > http://www.mail- archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg20454.html > > http://www.mail- archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg00486.html > > http://www.mail- archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg20441.html > > http://www.mail- archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg20423.html > > http://www.mail- archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/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/
