tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post7185013095510261579..comments2024-03-27T22:22:22.727-04:00Comments on pancocojams: "Y'all Qaeda", "VanillaIsis", "YeeHawd" & More (tweet examples & cultural explanations)Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-90713259143797161602021-06-11T01:45:21.468-04:002021-06-11T01:45:21.468-04:00FoodGeekFish,
Thanks for your comment.
The haram...FoodGeekFish,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />The haram part of "Yokekharam" being from "Boko Haram". <br /><br />Good catch.<br /><br />I hadn't thought of that. Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-79372398671923245652021-06-10T23:30:32.468-04:002021-06-10T23:30:32.468-04:00Far more likely a reference to the African Islamis...Far more likely a reference to the African Islamist Militants, Boko Haram.FoodGeekFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526673595867733554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-63291031422692444812016-01-07T11:13:14.032-05:002016-01-07T11:13:14.032-05:00Here's an excerpt of a dailykos dairy that is ...Here's an excerpt of a dailykos dairy that is written by a blogger who has family in Burns, Oregon: <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/07/1466817/-White-Privilege-and-the-Myth-of-the-West-The-Oregon-Militia" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/07/1466817/-White-Privilege-and-the-Myth-of-the-West-The-Oregon-Militia</a><br />"...The people of the rural West are indeed overwhelmingly white, and were it a group of racial minorities with guns storming a federal building—even, I suspect, one in Harney County, Oregon—I have no doubt that the locals would be demanding the place be stormed at once.<br /><br />But there is more than white privilege at work. The militiamen personify the great contradiction between the myth of the West, of the toughest of the tough eking a living out of marginal land with no help from anyone outside the local community, and the reality that they have <i>always</i> been dependent of federal largess and, historically, federal troops to protect them from the previous occupants.<br /><br />...The people of Burns want the militia gone. The sheriff's department wants them gone. [Update: The local Native people want them gone from what they consider their land.]" ...<br /> Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-45108188765609907392016-01-07T10:35:52.637-05:002016-01-07T10:35:52.637-05:00"Cowliphate" and "talibanjo" a..."Cowliphate" and "talibanjo" are two additional mocking names for the so-called militants who are Still occupying the Oregon federal building without any noticeable law enforcement intervention.<br /><br />As is the case with the derisive names/terms "yeehawd" and "yallqaeda" "cowliphate" and "talibanjo" reflect the United States' negative attitudes toward the poor and working class. <br /><br />"Caliphate" combines the English word "cow" with the Arabic word "caliphate". Here's the definition of "caliphate" from<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate"</a>: A caliphate (Arabic: خِلافة khilāfa) is a form of Islamic government led by a caliph (Arabic: خَليفة khalīfah —a person considered a political and religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad (Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh), and a leader of the entire Muslim community.[1] " <br /><br />The word "cow" refers to the fact that the occupiers are cattle ranchers.<br /><br />The made up group name "talibanjo" combines the name of the terrorist group "Taliban" with the American English word "banjo". The Online Etymology Dictionary <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=banjo" rel="nofollow">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=banjo</a> provides this information for the word "banjo":<br />"banjo (n.) Look up banjo at Dictionary.com1764, American English, usually described as of African origin, probably akin to Bantu mbanza, an instrument resembling a banjo. The word has been influenced by colloquial pronunciation of bandore (1560s in English), a 16c. stringed instrument like a lute and an ancestor (musically and linguistically) of mandolin; from Portuguese bandurra, from Latin pandura, from Greek pandoura "three-stringed instrument." The origin and influence might be the reverse of what is here described."<br /><br />The banjo was introduced to the United States by enslaved Africans and early on was most often played by Black musicians. However, the banjo has become most closely associated with the mostly Anglo-American (White) old time music and country music genres in which it is a central instrument. As such the banjo has become a coded way of putting down (deriding) rural White people.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-38821532806242603462016-01-06T07:34:57.147-05:002016-01-06T07:34:57.147-05:00A lot of media attention has been given to the way...A lot of media attention has been given to the way that people have used play on words of Arabic (or Arabic sounding) terms to mock the group of White militants who are still occupying a United States federal building in Oregon. However, I've found little to no mention, other than on this pancocojams blog, about how a number of the derisive names and terms for that group (and for others who are believed to have the same or similar beliefs) reflect negative views towards White poor people and/or White working class people from the American South and/or from the American West, particularly ranchers (modern day cowboys). <br /><br />The made up names/terms "Y'all Qaeda", "Yeehawd", "Yeehawdist" and "Yokelharam" are a few of the mocking names & terms that reflect that cultural/regional bias. The referent "ShaBubba" also should be added to that list. <br /><br />Here's information about the word "Bubba" from <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bubba" rel="nofollow">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bubba</a> <br />"1. Chiefly Southern U.S. brother (usually used as an affectionate term of address). <br /><br />2. Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to an uneducated Southern white male."<br />-snip-<br />The prefix "sha" is found in these Arabic personal names for males, among other Arabic names/words:<br /><br />Shafiq, Shafeeq - Kind, compassionate, tender<br />Shahid - Witness<br />Shahir - Well-known, famous<br />Shakib - Present, gift, reward<br />Shakir - Thankful<br />Sharaf - Honor<br />Sharif, Shareef - Honest, honorable, noble, distinguished<br /><a href="http://www.sudairy.com/arabic/masc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sudairy.com/arabic/masc.html</a><br /><br />As a reminder, both Black and non-Black commenters are participating in the twitter originated practice of creating and using mocking names and terms for that White armed militant group that is still occupying a United States federal building. And as far as I can tell, that practice didn't originate on Black twitter.<br /><br />**<br />Read a 2011 pancocojams post <a href="http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/10/shared-steroptypes-for-hillbillies.html" rel="nofollow">http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/10/shared-steroptypes-for-hillbillies.html</a> contains information & comments about the stereotypes that are shared for (American White) Hillbillies and African Americans.<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-6644319579456210152016-01-06T06:44:11.408-05:002016-01-06T06:44:11.408-05:00Greetings, slam2011!
Thanks for your comment. I t...Greetings, slam2011!<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I think you may be right regarding the source for the "haram" part of "Yokelharam". I'll add that idea to the post.<br /><br />Best wishes and happy new year to you also!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-2632179693391091662016-01-06T05:03:06.202-05:002016-01-06T05:03:06.202-05:00Yokelharam may reference 'Procul Harum'? a...Yokelharam may reference 'Procul Harum'? a 60s English band whose biggest hit was 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'. The origins of the band's name are much disputed, but the best research I've seen traces it to a Burmese Blue cat owned by a friend of one of the band. It was a pedigree cat and its name on the breeder's certificate was actually 'Procul Harun'. The band decided to call themselves after it, but got it slightly wrong.<br /><br />The cat's name was a mash-up of Latin and Arabic. The breeder was one of the first to bring Burmese cats to Britain, and she registered them all under the prefix 'Procul', which means 'far away' in Latin - because they came from a long way off - and then each kitten had a personal name, in which the breeder tried vaguely to reflect their 'eastern' origin. 'Harun' or 'Haroun' is an Arab name, supposedly equivalent to 'Aaron'. <br /><br />Some websites claim the name is Latin for 'far from these things' - but apparently that would correctly translate as 'procul his'.<br /><br />And a Happy New Year to you and the blog, Azizi :))slam2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/03112153426493772446noreply@blogger.com