"Elektra Reads Customer For Filth" (Pose television series Season #2; selected comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about the vernacular term "reading for filth".

This post showcases a video clip from the television series "Pose" (Season 2) entitled "Elektra Reads Customer For Filth". Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are included in that post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/09/real-definitions-for-examples-of.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That pancocojams post provides definitions of and examples of the vernacular term "reading [someone] to [or for] filth". Definitions and examples of the related vernacular terms "[throwing] shade" and "reading for shame" are also included in that post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/09/elektra-abundance-reads-for-filth-pose.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases a video clip from the television series "Pose" (Season 1) entitled "Elektra Abundance Reads For Filth". Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are included in that post.

These meanings and examples are retrieved from YouTube and from certain other online site.

The content of this post is presented for linguistic and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Dominique Jackson who portrays Elektra Abundance Evangelista in the television series Pose and thanks to all those who are associated with the Pose television series. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in these comments and videos and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-reading-someone-throwing-shade-no.html for a closely related 2014 pancocojams post entitled "What "Reading Someone", "Throwing Shade", & "No Tea No Shade" Mean".

I revisited this subject as a result of Billy Porter winning an Emmy for lead actor in a drama series (2019) for his depiction of "Pray Tell", emcee of New York City drag balls in the 1980. Congratulations, Billy Porter!

Click https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-09-22/emmys-pose-billy-porter-historic-win for an article about Billy Porter's historic win as the first openly gay Black man to win in this category.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE TELEVISION SERIES POSE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pose_(TV_series)
"Pose (stylized as POSE) is an American drama television series about New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming ballroom culture scene in the 1980s and, in the second season, early 1990s. Featured characters are dancers and models who compete for trophies and recognition in this underground culture, and who support one another in a network of chosen families known as Houses.

Created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals, the series premiered on June 3, 2018, on FX. The series stars an ensemble cast including Evan Peters, Kate Mara, James Van Der Beek, Mj Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Billy Porter, Indya Moore, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Charlayne Woodard, Hailie Sahar, Angelica Ross, Angel Bismark Curiel, Dyllón Burnside, and Sandra Bernhard.

The first season was met with critical acclaim and subsequently received numerous award nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Billy Porter. In July 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 11, 2019. Also in June, FX renewed the series for a third season."...

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From https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-09-22/emmys-pose-billy-porter-historic-win
‘Pose’ star Billy Porter lands historic first with Emmy win; By YVONNE VILLARREALSTAFF WRITER
SEP. 22, 2019
..." "Pose", from Ryan Murphy and Steven Canals, explores the extravagant subculture of the LGBTQ ballroom scene in late 1980s and early 1990s New York, as well of the lives of the people of that community. Porter’s visceral portrayal of Pray Tell has been praised by critics since the show’s launch last year. The first season, for which he was nominated, saw his character reckoning with an HIV diagnosis."...

[...]

“Pose,” which has been lauded for its contribution to transgender visibility and representation on TV, received six Emmy nominations this year, including Porter’s category and drama series.

The second season of the drama wrapped its run last month on FX.”...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Elektra Reads Customer For Filth | Pose FX Season 2 (HD)



EXACTLY, Published on Aug 15, 2019

Imagine majoring as a basic bitch lol. Don't try it with Miss Elektra cause she will read ya to filth. Last year we witnessed the slayage of Lulu and Candy Ferocity but this year we have a privileged white girl that needs to take several seats and return back to her shallow conversation. PERIODTTT

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WARNING: The term "bitch" is used in this video. The word "sh&t" is also used in this clip.

I've decided to include that mild profanity "as is" in this post. Because this is a family friendly blog, all other profanity [with the exception of "damn"] is given with modified spelling.
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only:

All of these comments are from 2019.

1. Adzhar Jailani
"God may have blessed you with Barbies, a backyard with a pony, and a boyfriend named Jake and an unwanted pregnacy that your father paid to terminate so you could go to college and major in being a BASIC B*TCH! None of these things make you a woman. Your uniform of ill fitting J. Crew culottes, FAKE pearls, and FIFTY CENT scrunchies cannot conceal the fact that you do not know who you are."

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2. La'Trea De'Zhanae
"Yes! That was the best read ever!"

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REPLY
3. Andres Ortega
" “We fought for our place at this table, and that has made us stronger than youll ever be.” - Elektra Abundance"

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4. jeaux jo
"ICONIC‼️"

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5. Minna L.
"Now go back to your clam chowder and shallow conversation!"

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6. Deigo Hanson
"Reading is what fundamental. The libray is close."

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7. LoveIsINtheAIR walker
"Adzhar Jailani Mic drop!!!🎤"

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8. Bad Gyal Jordan
"Elektra read her to filth!!! LOL😂😂😂😂"

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9. Marco C
"But we all know that if this really happened, that heifer would have pulled a BBQ Becky, turned on her water works and called the police."

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10. Meagan Floyd
"Adzhar Jailani don’t forget the “sip of water break, lubricate” "

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11. CCHS2011stud
"Shut down the library, close the internet, classes are dismissed. My God, Elektra is coming through this season!!!"

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12. Luqman Hafeez
"Is the library even still there? I thought that building already got torn down officially by that read.. 😂😂😂"

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13. Coco Belle
"The thing is, she didn’t have to walk over to say that. So unnecessary🙄 glad she got read to FILTH"

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14. La'Trea De'Zhanae
"Exactly. That was totally uncalled for. She was just being an ignorant transphobic bitch."

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15. Serious One
"She was showing off in front of her friends, and it blew up in her face. Like a bowl of bubbling clam chowder!"

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16. K Daniel
"I’m deadddd........ the finger snaps and the sup of water!!!! Save me"

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17. Kris Kanei’ 💫
"K Daniel The snap was so damn well timed! 😂😂😂😂👏🏾"

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18. Ramona Yulfo
"No one reads like these Librarians! What!!!!!! 👊🏼😍🥰🙏🔥🤣"

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19. hi hello annyeong
"YASSSSSSSSS I LOVE IT WHEN ELEKTRA READS! HER VOICE IS THE PERFECT VOICE TO READ SOMEONE TO FILTH"

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20. Ryan Wilson
"once again miss Elektra reads for filth and snatch a wig off flawlessly."

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21. LCAmarkymark
"She needs to be a rapper! She could really spit some mad stuff I would listen to this with a bad beat!"

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22. Melissa James
"And that, boys and girls, is how you READ!!!"

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23. Latoya Johnson
"Melissa James there should be a class on this because I would sign up in a heartbeat lol"

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24. GETOSUPASTAR
"OMG that was the read of the century, you hear me? That hurt MY feelings... Mmk? LOL... I swear i love Electra SO much... She is my spirit animal!😂"

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25. Maurice Corbett
"Turned that restaurant into a library and delivered the read of the year!

Two snaps Elektra...two snaps!"

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26. Archer Arrows
"Could you imagine? If Mother Elektra and Bianca del Rio could get into a reading competition? Priceless!"
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Bianca del Rio, the winner of the television series RuPaul Drag Race (Season 6), is widely acknowledged for her "reading" skills.

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27. Jasmyn Elliott
"I’d pay my whole check to watch that!"

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28. Anthony Perez
"Girl the universe would explode"

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29. David Velasco
"Gurl! If I ever see that happens, my wig would be snatched so hard she would travel to an entire different dimension."

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30. tmmaston
"The reads, their power level would be over 9000!"

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31. Ashwath Nair
" "And what is it that we can do for you?" - Elektra, already aware as to where the conversation is heading and setting herself up for a jolly old reading."

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32. Nelly Nell
"The whispering echoes in the wind!
The towering inferno called Elektra!
The pause...for the cause!
The ill fitting ensemble!
The chowder pot table gag!
She read the encyclopedia brittanical volume 10 to filth! Lol."

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33. eric brunson
"I watched this 10 times in a row and it’s the walk of shame Rebecca had to make back to the table after being read for filth"

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34. Clifton Simon
"When Lulu said “It was LOVELY talking to you!” I cracked the hell UP!!!"

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35. Brandon the shapeshifter
"Go get your clam chowder before the clam chowder gets you hahahhaahhaha"

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36. Yeezus Season
"lmaoo when the background music turned up.. ITS OVER
she read her on beat lmaooo"

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37. Nakeisha Armstrong
"Now that was a read"

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38. Dom
"😂🤣😭, this was epic. I love how the girls were so supportive in the background!!!!"

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39. Jamallah Bergman
"This moment was brought to you today by the word EXCELLENCE because my friends...this read was the epitome of supreme EPICNESS!"

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40. The Funky Spork
"This comeback was 🔥. One of my favorite scenes this season."

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41. Luqman Hafeez
"This is not just "read to filth", this is "read to the body got buried in the ground. Period."

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42. mati
"the older i get, the more i understand why reading is fundamental"

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43. casablanca bell
"Angel w/ the snap, Lulu with the 3rd degree adlibs and Elektra congress library read. “LUBRICATE”"

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44. Allen Rider
"She thought she was brave. She boldly stood up for what she believed in and stuck it to the vile drag queens. And then the library was opened, she was read to filth and dragged through the mud because her beliefs were nowhere near as strong as Elektras"

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45. Chykim Sanders
"I don't know what she was thinking... Queens has mastered the art of defending themselves, no one with any sense, ever comes for them!!!"

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This concludes Part III of this three part pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

"Elektra Abundance Reads For Filth" (Pose television series Season #1; selected comments))

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series about the vernacular term "reading for filth".

This post showcases a video clip from the television series "Pose" (Season 1) entitled "Elektra Abundance Reads For Filth". Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are included in that post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/09/real-definitions-for-examples-of.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That pancocojams post provides definitions of and examples of the vernacular term "reading [someone] to [or for] filth". Definitions and examples of the related vernacular terms "[throwing] shade" and "reading for shame" are also included in that post.

These meanings and examples are retrieved from YouTube and from certain other online site.

Part III showcases a video clip from the television series "Pose" (Season 2) entitled "Elektra Reads Customer For Filth". Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are included in that post.

The content of this post is presented for linguistic and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Dominique Jackson who portrays Elektra Abundance Evangelista in the television series Pose and thanks to all those who are associated with the Pose television series. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in these comments and videos and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-reading-someone-throwing-shade-no.html for a closely related 2014 pancocojams post entitled "What "Reading Someone", "Throwing Shade", & "No Tea No Shade" Mean".

I revisited this subject as a result of Billy Porter winning an Emmy for lead actor in a drama series (2019) for his depiction of "Pray Tell", emcee of New York City drag balls in the 1980. Congratulations, Billy Porter!

Click https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-09-22/emmys-pose-billy-porter-historic-win for an article about Billy Porter's historic win as the first openly gay Black man to win in this category.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE TELEVISION SERIES POSE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pose_(TV_series)
"Pose (stylized as POSE) is an American drama television series about New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming ballroom culture scene in the 1980s and, in the second season, early 1990s. Featured characters are dancers and models who compete for trophies and recognition in this underground culture, and who support one another in a network of chosen families known as Houses.

Created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals, the series premiered on June 3, 2018, on FX. The series stars an ensemble cast including Evan Peters, Kate Mara, James Van Der Beek, Mj Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Billy Porter, Indya Moore, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Charlayne Woodard, Hailie Sahar, Angelica Ross, Angel Bismark Curiel, Dyllón Burnside, and Sandra Bernhard.

The first season was met with critical acclaim and subsequently received numerous award nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Billy Porter. In July 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 11, 2019. Also in June, FX renewed the series for a third season."...

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From https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-09-22/emmys-pose-billy-porter-historic-win
‘Pose’ star Billy Porter lands historic first with Emmy win; By YVONNE VILLARREALSTAFF WRITER
SEP. 22, 2019
..." "Pose", from Ryan Murphy and Steven Canals, explores the extravagant subculture of the LGBTQ ballroom scene in late 1980s and early 1990s New York, as well of the lives of the people of that community. Porter’s visceral portrayal of Pray Tell has been praised by critics since the show’s launch last year. The first season, for which he was nominated, saw his character reckoning with an HIV diagnosis."...

[...]

“Pose,” which has been lauded for its contribution to transgender visibility and representation on TV, received six Emmy nominations this year, including Porter’s category and drama series.

The second season of the drama wrapped its run last month on FX.”...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Elektra Abundance Reads For Filth | Pose FX (HD)



EXACTLY, Published on Jul 27, 2018

Miss Lulu and Crusty Candy try it with Mother Elektra, they end up being read to filth, after that, they were left snatched and trying to find their weaves on the ballroom floor.
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WARNING: The term "bitch" is used one time in this video. That is the only use of profanity or other not suitable for children terms that occurs in this video.
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only:

Special mention is given to comment #92 which is an unofficial transcription of this read.

2018
1. BHarding10
"That. Is. How. It. Is. DONE!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️..."

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2. Fernando R
"WOOOOOOORK MAMAAAAAA!!!!"

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3. Azteco Latino
"i mean she read them both to filth! not everyone can have a library card 😋"

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4. ch chawngthu
"Her reading is everything"

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5. MrPagefan1
"Oh Snap!!...Literally"

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6. Jaleel Coley
"Them finger snaps at the end had me dead 🤣😂"

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7. noor farizzul izran
"The shade. The shade of it alll."

Someone please call an ambulance. Someone got murdered here.


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8. Rafael Uchimura
"Finger snap to seal it! ❤️"

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9. David Jackson
" "You two are about as fierce as my morning corn flakes. LMAO MY CHEST!!! I am about to die!!! Lol"

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10. Stet-G Voicey
"David Jackson I didn’t get that one"

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11. Likan Prower
"Stet-G Gamie well... There's nothing more basic than corn flakes as a breakfast"

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2019
12. Ellie Meli
"She's slaying it!"

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13. PurpleKisses ASMR
"She dragged their souls to the abyss!"

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14. KamisKisses
"Tht read was a whole library. damn."

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15. Monica Blodgett
"The best read I could have ever seen."

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16. Caio Vieira
"No survivors"

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17. Lauren
"THAT READ WAS EVERYTHING BUT THAT SNAP AT THE END THO 🔥🔥🔥"

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18. Squrtile101
"That hurt my soul and it ain’t directed at me"

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19. Luca Ortolani
"Withering weeds
THAT'S HIGH LITERATURE Y'ALL"

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20. Drew Thomas
"my absolute favorite part of this is Lil Papi at 1:00 getting his ever lasting LIFE from all her reads lmfaoooo I had to rewind that part back when I first watched it. whatever actor that plays him looked genuinely at a loss for words 😂"

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21. Knowledge Seeker 78
"That read and those snaps heard across the world"

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22. farhana .jamal
"I only watch pose for electra''s reads....."

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23. manuel parra
"Take a last look at this filet Mignon! lol"

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24. Rejinald Palmer
"A read like that SHOULD take a million tries to film just right but I feel D.J flawlessly did it in one go."

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25. Vic Tories
"Obliterated. Blasted. Burned. Dead. Destroyed. Crushed. Terminated. Roasted. Toasted. Cremated, and, Read. For. The. God's!!!!!!"

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26. Kable Corsey
"Vic Tories you better break it down 😂😂"

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27. jahmod cook
"A filthy read without 1 cuss word. Love it"

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28. N Martin
"jahmod cook Keeping it classy"

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29. stealthis
"Will they did say bitch"

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30. OKHomoRose
"@stealthis "Bitch" is rude but not necessarily a swear word. And Elektra didn't say any swears."

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31. Blu Blu
" "... as fierce as my morning Corn Flakes" I need to lay down"

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32. QStar3
"WAIT! 0:32 is that Jiggly Caliente?!"

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33. Porsha Wells
"Yes it is and she's also on season 2 of this show"
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Jiggly Caliente was a contestant on Season 4 of the Ru Paul Drag Race television series.

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34. juan sebastian gonzalez atehortua
"This!! is the ART of READING someone!!"

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35. Alej_ndro D
"Can someone help me find my wig? I think it was last seen making its way to Neptune"

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36. Clarence Davis III
"Because reading is what....FUNDAMENTAL"

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37. Ur a wizard Harry
"1:00
Me whenever Electra or Pray Tell roasts someone"
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"Pray Tell" is the name of the drag ball emcee who is played by Billy Porter.

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38. Ladybug201
"Elektra was Shakespeare before Shakespeare was Shakespeare, I’d bow to her if she ever chose to read me tf 😂😂😂"

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39. Edith Giles
"scraping my jaw off the floor"

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40. Arrie
"A Queen speaking with such grace, intelligence and with the intent to destroy . I stan"

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41. Courtney
"The best read ever"

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42. MEMPHISPRAISER
"The Library is OPEN"

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43. Ernesto G. Williams
"4eva TVGOLD!!!!!!!"

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44.The Dezire
"O hunty I live for Elektra.....yazzzz"

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45. Darren Smith
"10’s 10’s 10’s across the board Electra....now THAT....was a read 💋👠"

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46. Hayyaan Hussain
"1:01 Little Papis face is me living for the drama and shade Elektra is throwing 😂"

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47. Mahogany. Applebum
"Those reads are biblical."

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48. Josh White
"now this is how you roast somebody without cussing and being ratchet and getting loud. just pure class"

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49. Belle Espirit
"I KNEW these comments would be lit and yall did not disappoint!! The house of ferocity is still picking their edges up off the floor...I have no words...I DARE anyone to show us a better read than that!!!!!! Sorry Aja baby but you got the #2 seat."
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Aja was a contestant on Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

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50. I'm a member of STARS
"Mother just burned down the whole library!!!"

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51. Joshua Gray
"In Latrice Royale's voice: Girl the shade the shade of it all
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Latrice Royale was a contestant on Season 4 of the Ru Paul Drag Race television series."

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52. Wahn Yoon
"Vicious yet completely classy. Miss Elektra delivers a world class read."

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53. Joe
"Right?!? Elegantly read for filth"

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56. Sebastian Patino
" "You think you are on the road to being legends, but you couldn't make it from here to the door without me pointing the way" I. WAS. ON. THE. FLOOR."

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57. Steven James
"The best one. Someone call Jesus."

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58. FLASHFOTO
"So smooth!"

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59. CCHS2011stud
"That, ladies and gentlemen, is a READ. Shade comes from reading, reading came first. CLASS DISMISSED! 👏🏾👏🏾💯"

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60. Jamill Murray
"Child😂😂😂😂😂"

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61. Zedrick Malbas
"I. AM. LIVING."

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62. Kida Lebeau
"That was exactly what I said after witnessing that eloquent destruction - FLAWLESS VICTORY! Muahahahahahaha!"

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63. db60615
"That's how it's done. Intelligence and exquisite wit!"

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64. LuvJayallday
"My lawd the reads after reads after reads lol excuse me while I find a casket to lay in 😂💀⚰"

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65. Jaquanda Martin
"My name is JQ and I am completely addicted to this scene...I have watched it at least 10 times a day! #POSE"

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66. Shari Gill
"This read was so fierce, I feel attacked. 😭🙌🏾♥️"

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67. Felix Kasperl
"That was the most beautiful massacre I’ve ever witnessed!"

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68. Martin McMayer
"an iconic scene."

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69. Angela Sherita
"This will forever be the READ OF THE CENTURY"

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70. Fatgirlriri
"Angela Sherita nah the read of the century is by the legendary Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova: “Roxxxy Andrews, I think about you all the time, especially in the morning, at the bus stop”*

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71. Harry Jones
"Fatgirlriri No. No. No."

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72. Robbie ontherails
"I'm sorry kids but the reads of the Century are in Paris is Burning and Mommie Dearest."

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73. Soner Kamer
"Fatgirlriri Love Katya, but don’t say something cringe-worthy like that, the best reads don’t only come from the bubble that is RPDR."

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74. stan alsemanché and LOONA
"@Fatgirlriri making fun of childhood trauma is not reading. Jump"
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* Roxxy Andrews and Katya were contestants on Season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR). In one episode of that series Roxy shared that her mother abandoned her at a bus stop when she was a small child.

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75. Samuel Stephens
"I love this I'm so proud of our gay generation I am a 80s Queen and it makes me proud to see this ,,👑👑💎💎💎💎👑👑💍💍💎💎👑👑. Hail to the queen 👑👑💎💎💎"

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76. Ba ba
"That's it, close the library and throw away the key, cuz these plastic wanna be were READ for filth, bottom line cut & dry!!!!#ThatPART
P.S : little papi tho 😍😍😍😍."

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77. Evalynne Torres
"It's Read TO FILTH!"

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78. Tracy Smith
"Face crack!! There's no repairing the shattered pieces. That's the kind of read all you can do is cry and disappear.😭😭😭"

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79. Quint P.
"Elektra went IN. She drug them to the depths! I sure felt it when she said “You two are about as fierce and my morning Corn Flakes.” READ EM GIRL"

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80. Lily A
"Oh man that was some Shakespeare's realness"

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81. Ibrahim Nour
"......or die on the vines with these withering weeds!!”- Elektra such an eloquent Queen 👸🏽"

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82. Queen Bee The Diva
"One of the nastiest reads known to man"

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83. Clementine's Thigh Gap
"NEWS FLASH: SEVERAL WIGS FOUND ON PLUTO"

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84. icyhugs
"A perfect murder without a drop of blood, not even a trace of foul language! I bow to thee Queen Electra!"

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85. Robert The 3rd
"I good read is done with eloquent speech and theatrical insults."

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87. Shakira
"LMAO, that was the most dignified disrespectful read ever!"

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88. Still Standing
"Jesus be a fence! She just read them from Genesis to Revelations without missing a beat! I must bing watch this show!"

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89. Esmerelda Villa-Lobos
"i watch this at least twice a week..mostly to stay humble"

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90. Hana Afifi
"And that ladies, gentlemen and everyone in between, is how you read someone to filth!"

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91. Daniel Rossi
"Phonics take a back seat. I'm hooked on Elektra cause she can teach you how to read!"

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92. Dan Martin
"Look at the fruits of my labor: a foolhardy chunk who makes her living on the pole and a brainless wonder who thinks the way to get curves is to stick Charmin in her drawers or to inject cement into her derriere. House of Ferocity? You two are about as fierce as my morning corn flakes. You may have left my home but you can't leave me. I'm in your mind, that voice saying, "You're not good enough, little girl. You're not smart enough or tough enough or glamorous enough to make it in this world." And that little voice is going to eat away at you like termites until your whole pathetic house come crashing down. You think you're on the road to being legends but you couldn't make it from here to the door without me pointing the way. You're nothing but bags of rancid, rotting meat. Well, take a long last look at this filet mignon. I doubt we'll be conversing ever again unless I take a sudden interest in dying of boredom.
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Sam (2019) began his transcription with this line:
“Good. Then you can hear the disappointment in my voice as I count up the ways in which I've clearly failed as being a mother”.

Other commenters also noted a line about "withering weeds".

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93. Jassmina Vellucciano
"Take Notes Children, that’s how you give a Reading."

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94. Carlos Rubio
"WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND!?!?!?!?"

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95. Benjamin D'Annibale
"Carlos Rubio heat you up (melt you down) by Shirley Lites :)"

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96. Rejinald Palmer
"Edges gone. Library closed. Confidence shattered. Can Dominique Jackson release a soundboard app for all her lines."

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97. Fabio Aug.
"The library is not only closed, but locked."

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This concludes Part II of this three part pancocojams series.

Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch (Part I - information, video, & lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on Missy Elliot's 2003 video "Pass That Dutch".

Part I presents information about Missy Elliott and showcases a censored official YouTube video of that Hip Hop artist's record "Pass That Dutch". Although that video features three songs from Missy Elliott's album This Is Not A Test!, this post only presents the lyrics for the "Pass That Dutch" record. Information about that song from https://genius.com/ is also included in this pancocojams post.

[Added August 25, 2019- Addendum about the etymology of the slang term "dutchie" meaning marijuana cigarette]

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/08/missy-elliott-pass-that-dutch.html for Part II of this series. Part II showcases the same YouTube video of Missy Elliott's "Pass That Dutch" record that was featured in Part I of this series.. Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are also included in that post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Missy Elliott for her musical legacy and thanks to Timbaland, Hype William, and all those who were associated with this record, album, and/or this video. Also, thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT MISSY ELLIOTT
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971)[1] is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist. She embarked on her music career with all-female R&B group Sista in the early-mid 1990s and later became a member of the Swing Mob collective along with childhood friend and longtime collaborator Timbaland, with whom she worked on projects for Aaliyah, 702, Total, and SWV. Following several collaborations and guest appearances, she launched her solo career on July 15, 1997 with her debut album Supa Dupa Fly, which spawned the top 20 single "Sock It 2 Me". The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, the highest charting debut for a female rapper at the time.[2]

Elliott's second album, Da Real World, was released on June 22, 1999 and produced the singles "She's a Bitch", "All n My Grill", and top five hit "Hot Boyz." The remix of the latter song broke the record for most weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart on the issue dated January 15, 2000; as well as spending 18 weeks at number one on the Hot Rap Singles chart, from December 4, 1999 to March 25, 2000. With the release of Miss E... So Addictive (2001), Under Construction (2002), and This Is Not a Test (2003), Elliott established an international career that yielded hits including "Get Ur Freak On," "One Minute Man," "4 My People," "Gossip Folks," and "Work It." The latter won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance.

Elliott went on to win five Grammy Awards and sell over 30 million records in the United States.[3][4][5] She is the best-selling female rapper in Nielsen Music history, according to Billboard in 2017.[6] In 2019, she became the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and to receive the MTV VMAs Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for her impact on the music video landscape.[7][8]

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: #THROWITBACK
Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch [Official Video]



Missy Elliott, Published on Jan 19, 2017
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This is the “clean” [censored] version of this video. This video doesn't include a curse word and also (for whatever reason) doesn't include a portion that Pop artist featured Michael Jackson.

"Throw it back" = showcase a record from the past, usually a record that is now considered a classic

This record/video was first released in 2003.

Click https://genius.com/Missy-elliott-baby-girl-interlude-intro-lyrics for the lyrics to the spoken word (poem) entitled "Baby Girl" which features Mary J Blige.

Statistics as of August 24, 2019 at 11:13 AM
total # of views - 2,166,282
total # of likes - 23K
total # of dislikes - 529
total # of comments - 839

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LYRICS: PASS THAT DUTCH
(Missy Elliott)

[Intro]
Listen up, everyone!
We have been just informed that there's an unknown virus that's attacking all clubs
Symptoms have been said to be: heaving breathing, wild dancing, coughing
So when you hear the sound "who-di-whoooo!"
Run for cover, motherf&&ker!*
Woooooo! Ahh, daddy! Ooooo! Ah! oh, ooh!
Pass that dutch (ah), pass that dutch (ooh)
Pass that dutch (ah), pass that dutch (ah)
Pass that dutch (ah), pass that dutch (ah)
Pass that dutch (whoo), pass that dutch

[Verse - 1]
Misdemeanor on the flow, pretty boy, here I come
Pumps and a bump make you wanna hurt something
I can take your man, I don't have to sex 'em
Hang 'em out the window, call me Michael Jackson (hehehee!)
I'm a pain in your rectum, I am that bitch y'all slept on
Heavy hitter, rhyme spitter, call me Re-Run
Hey, hey, hey, I'm what's happ'nin
Hpnotiq in my drink (That’s right!)
Shake ya ass 'til it stink (That's right!)
Mr. Mos' on the beat (That's right!)
Put it down for the streets (That's right!)

[Hook]
(Who-di-whooooooooooooo!)
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Come on, pass the dutch, baby! (ahh!)
Shake-shake shake ya stuff, ladies!
(Who-di-whooooooooooooo!)
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pop that, pop that, jiggle that fat (ahh!)
Don't stop, get it 'til ya clothes get wet

[Verse - 2]
Number one; drums go bump, bump, bump
This beat here will make your pum pum jump
If you's a fat one, put your clothes back on
Before you start putting pot holes in my lawn
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh
I'm under attack like my name was Saddam
I am the bomb from New York to Milan
And I can write a song sicker than Jeffrey Dahm'
(Woop woop!) Don't touch my car alarm
Break in my car, you will hear "Viper Armed"
I've been a superstar since Daddy Kane was raw
I'm live on stage, c'mon and give me some applause
"Thank you! Oh, thank you, you all are so wonderful!"

[Hook]
(Who-di-whooooooooooooo!)
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Come on, pass the dutch, baby! (ahh!)
Shake-shake shake ya stuff, ladies!
(Who-di-whooooooooooooo!)
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pop that, pop that, jiggle that fat (ahh!)
Don't stop, get it 'til ya clothes get wet

[Interlude]
Listen up, motherf&&kers
You have five seconds to catch your breath
Five, four, three, two, one

[Verse - 3]
Pop that, pop that, make that money
Just keep it going like the Energizer Bunny
Shake that, shake that, move it all around
Spank that, yank that, dutch back now
Freak him, freak her, whatever your choice
Didn't come to judge, I came to get ya moist
Scream "Who-di-whooooooo!", now my voice is lost
Can I get a ride on the white horse?

[Hook]
(Who-di-whooooooooooooo!)
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Come on, pass the dutch, baby! (ahh!)
Shake-shake shake ya stuff, ladies!
(Who-di-whooooooooooooo!)
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pass that dutch, pass that dutch
Pop that, pop that, jiggle that fat (ahh!)
Don't stop, get it 'til ya clothes get wet

[Outro]
Pop that
Pass that dutch, baby!
Jiggle that fat

Source: https://genius.com/Missy-elliott-pass-that-dutch-lyrics
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*This word is fully spelled out in the lyrics.

Here's information about Missy Elliott's "Pass That Dutch" from that site:
"Following quickly on the heels of her 2002 album Under Construction with its international smash hit “Work It,” Missy Elliott delivered “Pass That Dutch,” the lead single from her 2003 album This Is Not A Test!. The 808-laden, clap happy, and readily twerkable song was produced by Timbaland.

The dark-humored music video features the cartoonish special effects Missy has come to be known for. In one scene, she’s rapping as scarecrow in a corn field, while black-clad dancers execute choreography around her. Just as quickly, Missy morphs into a Fred “Rerun” Berry styled pop-lock dancer in a retro TV show. The following scene finds Missy riverdancing in a cheerleader outfit. Oddly, the video begins with the interlude “Baby Girl” as a introduction and ends with a verse of “Wake Up” essentially introducing the viewer to the first 3 tracks on Missy’s album in the course of one music video.

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"What does Jiggle that fat, pum pum, and white horse mean?
When Missy says, “pop that, pop that, jiggle that fat” she’s referring to dancing – and the most obvious kind to involve “popping” and “jiggling” would be, good old fashioned twerking.

As for “pum pum,” that’s Jamaican slang for vagina.

And “white horse” has a long established nickname for cocaine, though Missy’s reference to it on this song is more her typical nonsensical nonsequitur than an endorsement of or reference to the drug itself. My guess is that it just happened to fit the rhyme scheme."
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ADDENDUM- ETYMOLOGY OF THE TERM "DUTCHIE'
In the context of this Missy Elliott record, "Pass that Dutch" means to pass (share) a reefer (blunt; marijuana) cigarette.

Here's information about the etymology of the slang word "dutchie" for marijuana cigarettes:
From https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dutchie"
"Dutchie

(slang, smoking) A cannabis blunt rolled inside a Dutch Masters cigar.
(slang, smoking) A cannabis joint."

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Here's information about the cigar brand name "Dutch masters":
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Masters_(cigar)
"Dutch Masters is a brand of natural wrapped cigars sold in the United States since 1912. Its distinctive packaging features Rembrandt's 1662 painting The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (De Staalmeesters). Dutch Masters cigars are currently manufactured and sold by Imperial Brands. They are machine-rolled cigars and come in two varieties: standard cigars and smaller cigarillos. [1][2]"...

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Thanks to Jill Abruzzio whose August 25, 2019 email motivated me to look up this information. Here's a portion of that email (quoted with prior permission):
"Hello! I'm Jill, a white lady educator and Italian American. My grandad used to smoke these and I think they've been around for a while. I don't use blogger, so I thought I'd email you. I wonder if they have anything to do with the dutch terminology?"...

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This concludes Part I of this pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

What Is An Afro Hairstyle? (Video & YouTube Discussion Thread Comments About A 1970s Photograph Of A Black Woman With A Big Afro)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about Lafayette Afro Rock Band, a highly influential French 1970s Funk Rock group that was first formed in the United States.

Part II presents my definition of an afro and my notes about the significance of afro hairstyles for African Americans in the 1960s and 1970s.

This post also documents selected comments from a YouTube discussion thread for Lafayette Afro Rock Band's record "Hihache". These comments focus on the album cover- a photograph of a young Black woman with a big afro (hair style)- which was mistakenly used for that YouTube sound file. That photograph was actually used as the cover for Lafayette Afro Rock Band's album entitled "Malik".

Brief explanatory notes are given after some of these comments.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/documenting-tremendous-influence-of.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about the American/French funk music band Lafayette Afro Rock Band that was formed in the United States in 1970. This post also showcases a YouTube sound file of that band's 1973 tune entitled "Hihache".

Selected comments from that YouTube sound file's discussion thread are included in this post. Most of these comments focus on the use of samples from the record "Hihache" can be found in songs from multiple United States music genres.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Lafayette Afro Rock Band for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this YouTube sound file.

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SHOWCASE YOUTUBE EXAMPLE (sound file)
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Hihache



dravmasta, Published on Sep 26, 2010

Lafayette Afro Rock Band was a French funk rock band formed in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York in 1970. Though almost unknown in their native United States, they are now universally celebrated as one of the standout funk bands of the 1970s and admired for their use of break beats. Wiki.

Song: Hihache
Artist: Lafayette Afro Rock Band
Album: Soul Makossa
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Several commenters noted that the album cover that is used for this YouTube sound file is actually the cover for that band's album entitled "Malik". Click https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5893219718076521675#overview for a photograph of the cover for the band's "Soul Makossa" album.

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INFORMATION AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE "AFRO" HAIRSTYLE/S
Note #1 "The Psycho-social Implications For African Americans Of Natural Hair
written by Azizi Powell, pancocojams editor on 2012 From http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/06/videos-of-african-american-males-music.html "Videos of African American Males (Music & Natural Hairstyles), Part 1"
"I believe that the hairstyles worn by African American men, like the hairstyles worn by African American women, reflect how much African Americans in general agree with or reject the position that White standards of beauty are the only acceptable standards of beauty. This is definitely not to say that individual African Americans (or other Black people) don't like themselves or other Black people if they don't wear their hair in natural styles.* However, I believe that a greater acceptance of natural hair styles among African Americans and other Black people signifies more than an expansion of the definition of which hair styles Black people and also non-Black people might consider to be attractive.

It's my opinion, that a greater acceptance among African Americans and other Black people of natural hair styles signifies our increased acceptance of and increased valuing of ourselves. It was no coincidence that "afro" hairstyles became popular in the United States in the 1970s during the rise of the Black consciousness and afro-centric Black nationalist movement. Since the 1970s, apart from the jheri curl look of the 1970s and 1980s which will be the subject of a future post on this blog, it has become the standard practice for most African American men to wear their hair un-straightened and relatively un-processed. And most African American men wear their hair in a close cut natural style such as that worn by President Barack Obama, or they have a bald head.

Up to the age of seven years, I believe that most African American females wear their hair naturally. However, between the ages of seven and eighteen years old, it seems to me that most African American girls wear their hair chemically straightened. However, since the 1990s, an increasing number of African American women, appear to have chosen to wear their hair in natural hairstyles, though that is still a small percentage of that population. As a person who was a young adult in the 1970s, it's interesting to see the return in popularity of the "big afros" with Black females & Black men. I believe that the afro and other natural hair styles are legitimate general indicators of African American group esteem. By "group esteem" I mean how much African Americans see their group as capable of intrinsic attractiveness with regard to hair without the application of strategies which attempt to mimic what White people consider to be standards of beautiful hair such straight hair or lightly curled hair, and light hair color.**

That said, I also believe that African American females (and perhaps, other Black females) may be more accepting of and have a higher value toward females having mutiple ways they can wear their hair within short periods of time (i.e. having different hair styles) then other populations of females. In that regards, "natural hairstyles" may be just one of an increasing number of hair style possibilities that Black women may choose. But in my opinion, "natural hair styles" as a possible "neutral" choice (having neither positive or negative implications), is in and of itself a positive change for Black people, given the overwhelming beliefs in the pre-1960s that the only standards of beauty were those standards that fit some White people.

*By natural hair styles I mean the "tightly curled" hair texture which is characteristic of most sub-Saharan African people and most people of sub-Saharan African descent) are worn without chemical or hot comb processing. Other terms for naturally Black hair are "frizzy", "nappy", and "kinky". However, because of their historical and racist usage, some Black people (including African Americans) may find these terms to be loaded with negative connotations. Because of that, I tend to avoid using those terms.

**With regards to African American women (and other Black women), as to what constitutes White standards of beauty in hair, I would also add "long hair" to the previously given descriptors of "straight hair" or "lightly curled hair", and "light color hair" such as blond hair.

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Note #2 "What Is An Afro?"
written by Azizi Powell, pancocojams editor, April 15, 2018
An "afro" is one type of natural hairstyle that was popular with some African American males and females in the 1960s and particularly, in the 1970s. Prior to the 1960s, Black Americans women and men wore other natural hairstyles, but few rarely wore those hairstyles out in public.

Afros are formed when the kinky (tightly curled) hair that many Black people have is combed and styled without adding any heat (including hot combs) or any chemical straightening products. The natural hair is then cut, combed ("picked" with a wooden or a plastic afro comb), and periodically patted by hand in order to achieve and maintain a particular style.

The most popular afro style in the 1970s was a full (halo-like) evenly rounded form. The bigger (fuller) the afro was, the better. Writer, educator, and activist Angela Davis was the prototype of this type of afro hairstyle. Some African American females who wore their hair in large afros, sometimes also styled their hair in two afro puffs (a pony tail on both sides of their head.)

By the end of the 1970s, the full afro hair style was largely retired. Since the 1970s, although a small number of African Americans continued to wear this hairstyle, many more African Americans began to publicly wear their [our] hair in other natural hairstyles, including multiple braids, dreadlocks, short afros ("twas" - "teeny weeny afros), or very closely cropped "naturals". Since the 2000s, a number of African Americans-particularly African Americans have worn their natural hair in "free style" forms that have no apparent shape but emphasize the hair's curly textures (plural because a number of Black people have more than one hair texture in their head of hair).
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Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/11/excerpts-from-various-online-articles.html for a pancocojams post entitled "Excerpts From Various Online Articles & Discussion Threads About Afros And Afro Picks"

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Excerpt #1:
From https://www.curlcentric.com/natural-hair-movement/
..."Back in the 60s and 70s, racial relations in the United States were tense and strictly segregated. This time of political upheaval and African-American activism saw the rise of more natural hairstyles as a form of political awareness.

Angela Davis, a prominent member of the Black Panther movement and a human rights crusader, sported a famous Afro. The Afro, which was soon adopted by singers and other celebrities, came to symbolize cultural independence for African Americans.

The previous century, stretching back to the end of the Civil War, had been extremely challenging for Black Americans.

The thought that straight hair was beautiful hair was increasing gaining steam, leading many individuals to straighten their hair in order to be accepted. In many cases, employment was contingent on treating natural hair to change its appearance."...

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Excerpt #2:
From https://www.thecut.com/2014/10/21-feminists-with-really-great-hair.html
..."When Angela Davis appeared on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List in 1970, she was sporting an Afro so perfect that to this very day it remains the textbook example of the style. And with that mugshot, she changed the history of hair. The previously New York– and Chicago-based style became an international symbol of black pride and a means of taking back and taking up space. But fabulous though her Afro may have been, Davis has been known to express a certain wariness about it. Her name, which should call to mind a life of radical thought and action, is remembered by many in reference to a hairstyle alone.".

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF THIS YOUTUBE SOUND FILE
Pancocojams Editor's note: This compilation isn't all of the comments from that discussion thread about the album cover that was mistakenly used for this YouTube sound file of Lafayette Afro Rock Band's record entitled "Hihache".

I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them.

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

1. mootbooxle. 2014
"Very pretty lady on the cover!!"

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2. Rafael R, 2014
"What's her name?"

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3, Timeless Funk, Soul & R&B, 2017
"Rafael R Goddess!"

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4. Big Nicky, 2017
"Looks like Angela Yvonne Davis .. American political activist"

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5. smartalek180, 2017
"I was going to ask if that was her -- sure looks like her.
https://alchetron.com/Angela-Davis

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6. Jerboy Must Die!, 2017
"The pretty lady on the thumbnail brought me here. That the song sounds like some old porn background doesn't hurt either."

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7. Louis Barnes, 2017
"Foxy Cleopatra! :P"

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8. Skeksis Law, 2018
"except that she s light skin and wears an afro she doesn t look at all like Angela Davis....

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9. Nasty Foxboy, 2018
"Very good music beyond this cover."

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10. Marcel LAZZER, 2018
"Pretty & Proud!!"

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11. EMAN, 2018
"much love to my brown skin afro beauties, and to all canela skinned mamis, too black too strong much love from Puerto rico."
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The "too" in the phrase "too black, too strong" means "very". Read my note after Comment #49 about the various meanings of "too + an adjective".

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12. Frank Shailes, 2018
"Why are you obsessed with skin colour? Enjoy the music!"

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13. Tanman_1107, 2019
"¡Esta mucho mucho mucho bonita!"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"She is very very very pretty".

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14. rubbersole, 2014
"Michele Obama's college gig.........."
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This is only one of several comments that mention former United States First Lady Michelle Obama in reference to this Lafayette Afro Rock Band album cover. (Also read Comment #59 and Comment #67 for two more examples of these comments in this compilation. These comments could be construed as being complimentary or insulting since so many comments about the woman in the photograph are positive, but there are also a lot of negative online comments about Michelle Obama.

Given that this photograph was used as the cover of a 1973 music album, the woman in the photograph couldn't be Michelle Obama.

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15. Sophrosynicle, 2014
"Them eyebrows and lips for sure"

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16. Howard Miller II, 2015
"beautiful sista on that cover there now their hair is fried,dyed, and laid to the side."
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"Sista" ("sister") is a colloquial referent from African American Vernacular English for a Black female (usually a teen or a woman). This isn't the same usage in African American culture as "Sister + last name" (Note that the beginning letter in "sister" is capitalized). In that usage, "Sister" is a title that is used in some Black [non-Catholic] churches for women).

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17. Daniel Fountain, 2016
"the sister in the photo is fire!"

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18. ronald Williams, 2016
"Daniel fountain back in those days black women where very very sexy now in these days no way f&&k* no"
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*This word is completely spelled out in this comment.

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19. PeekaBooo08, 2016
"ronald Williams they're still lots of beautiful women today; it's just that back then natural beauty reigned supreme. Now if your face isn't made up with pounds of makeup on your face, you're irrelevant."

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20. eL shadaye, 2016
"PeekaBooo08 You hit it right on the head! Natural Beauty will ALWAYS reign Supreme!

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21. ronald Williams, 2016
"PeekaBooo08 i no i was there back then it was actually a lot better"

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22. blake, 2017
"yo why you lookin at my queen, lmao"

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23. Scott Matheson, 2017
"her 'fro (and the time period)reminds me of funk queen Betty Davis"

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24. Rossi Ross, 2017
"Did you mean 'Betty Wright'?"

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25. Scott Matheson, 2017
"nope Betty Davis who was married to Miles in the 60s. I dig Betty Wright as well though."

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26. SG45 cal, 2017
"Daniel fountain True... She is."

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27. steampump 1912, 2017
"So true, she has a natural sexiness....an' that fro,...man, so cool."

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28. Neil Soulman Hagan, 2017
"yes sir #mothershipConnection #MaddNubianLove!"

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29. mark buns, 2017
"Agree....she is one hot momma"

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30. BONZO KILBOURN, 2017
"Afro needs to make a comeback for the ladies."

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31. Milan S, 2017
"PeekaBooo08 You couldn't be more wrong. Girls with 'pounds of makeup on their face' do exist, but they are the exception. People in the comment section of these kinds of videos really romanticize the past."

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32. Richard Orahood, 2017
"Just like my wife. Natural hair. No makeup. Fine as can be."

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33. bza069, 2017
"haha. in international pols, men rate black women at the bottom of the list behind whites/asians at top, then Latinas, then everything else and finally black women at the bottom. true."

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34. M Zach, 2018
"Yep, they don't put ugly women on album covers, she is sexy!"

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35. EwaldK, 2018
"Now probably in her seventies....sigh..."

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36. Antonio Lott, 2018
"All these comments but I need a name!"

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37. julian, 2018
"The origanal slingky KINKY Afro!!!"

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38. big baby jesus, 2018
"when black women knew who they were and proud.
not trying to look and act like"Becky with the good hair". afros grow on the head of the royalty of the earth just as the trees and flowers grow on the Earth's Afro ✊😉"
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"Becky with the good hair" is a line from Beyoncé's song "Sorry" in her 2016 album "Lemonade". "Becky" is an (at least slightly negative) African American originated colloquial referent for a young White woman.

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39. Daniel Elston, 2019
"She is beautiful."

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40. mr1010 01, 2019
"does anybody know her name?"

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41. Earl Halstead, 2019
"True to her heritage,(Smile)"

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42. Raptor IX, 2019
"yo sista is fire"

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43. Annetta77, 2019
"@PeekaBooo08 that's a shame. I was part of the 60s generation too and yes, we women (girls) were lucky to get to go au natural and still be beautiful. We wore very little makeup compared to today. It's shocking, and I'm sorry for you! If I were you, i'd cut way back on the makeup, just refuse to "do it" and make them like it! We did! It worked and it will always work, because men think you're beautiful no matter what. Sounds like the heavy hand of a misogynist society which apparently has way too much control over this day and age. Apparently we live in a more chauvinist and sexist society than ever! Stop wearing so much makeup! Rebel! Say no to an irrational, abusive culture. Makeup is fine for some women, I guess -- and can be good fun, on occasion, but it's not needed, or really wanted, by most men. A "painted face' is both a sign and method of subjugation still. Don't slather it on anymore just for society's sake!"

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44. Annetta77, 2019
"@eL shadaye that's what I been sayin'"

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45. SOCOMJON, 2019
"Daniel Fountain She’s the reason I’m here ❤️"

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46. btinsley1, 2019
"@Rossi Ross nope...look up betty davis "they say i'm different"...the world was NOT ready for betty..she was ahead of her time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKWPynScqgw. "

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47. saisiva bala, 2015
"She looks so hot"
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One slang connotation of the adjective "hot" is "sexy". The comments in this compilation that describe the photographed woman as "hot" probably include that connotation. However, in the United States since at least the early 2000s, "hot"/"fire" (also) may or only means "very good" without any connotations of sexiness. In the context of these comments "hot" and "fire" means "very attractive").

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48. Ket Hohyh, 2016
"hot black mama on the cover"

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49. jimeas popoloiv, 2016
"that women in the picture. She is to beautiful. Who is she?"
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"to" = "too". "Too" + an adjective means "very". This adverb plus adjective combination is usually considered a negative in the United States (for example, too noisy). However, it appears that throughout many cultures in the world, "too" + an adjective is a positive descriptor.

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50. XXL-Bilder Mehmet Parmak, 2017
"Queen of Motherland"

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51. saisiva bala, 2017
"i came here for the cover once again she is somethimg else

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52. Zadur Zadur, 2017
"who's the girl on the cover?"

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53. Middy Mizzle, 2017
"who's that nameless beauty in the photo?...hot as jalapenos"

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54. Raider4life, 2017
"Damn if she ain’t Cookie’s(Taraji P Henson) Mama she shoulda been!!
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"Cookie" is a character in the hit American television series "Empire"."

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55. Wafeeq Zarif, 2017
"But the sister on the album cover though..."
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Since at least 2013 "that...though" is a formation-probably from African American Vernacular English- that (now) indicates approval without comparing something or someone to another thing, person, or action which is considered less positively.
From http://mentalfloss.com/article/64323/evolution-noun-though
..."Urban Dictionary, for example, has "dat … doe" entries from late 2013 ("dat [blank] doe" from November 2013, for example) but the earliest "that … though" entry isn't until July 2014—almost a year later.

[...]

...the earlier Urban Dictionary entries for "dat booty doe" and similar expressions come with example scenarios which start with a negative comment about someone's face—a response like "but dat booty doe" or "dat smile tho" is clearly intended to express a mitigating factor.

But by a year later, it's become a general way of expressing approval without the initial setup of surprise or disappointment. A commenter on Reddit around the same time adds another contradiction-free example: "Watching a football game. Receiver makes great catch. 'That catch tho!'""...

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56. Benedict Beattie, 2017
"my girls got an afro too so happy :)"

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57. GBRL, 2017
"super dope and girls should wear afros more often these days"

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58. AV Young, 2017
"Who is the lady on the cover?"

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REPLY
59. Adam Yoohasz, 2017
"Sister on the cover is Michelle pre Obama"

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60. Makhete Fall, 2017
"THAT WOMAN IS SUPER PRETTY// WOWOOOW. I AM GOING TO ASK MY GIRLFRIEND TO GROW AFRO. YEAP..."

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61. Dini Dinika, 2017
"So nice "sistà"!!! La belle époque. ...😍😍😍"
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Google translate from French to English:
"The good times"

The commenter may have written "sista" in parenthesis because that spelling of the word "sister" isn't found in his (or her) language.

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62. Night East, 2017
"Even Korean guy like me who has no information of 70s USA, that cover-lady is looks so charm and lovely."

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63. michael truthson, 2017
"Ok I always felt home girl on the cover lol was outta sight!!!!!"
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"home girl" - female version of "home boy". In this context, this is a positive referent for a Black female who looks like she is proud to be a Black woman from a Black "hood" (neighborhood).

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REPLY
64. grizz22604, 2018
"she sure is!!!"

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65. LADY HYDRO JEN, 2018
"What a beautiful Sista with an amazing fro. I love this. Bring back the 70s. OLD SCHOOL FOREVER.
💁🏾‍♀️💋🖤💎👊🏾"
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This comment was written on that discussion thread in bold font.

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66. scottjinx, 2018
"such awesome music & that funky girl is beautiful, i will never understand why African chicks straighten their hair n stuff, nothing more beautiful than that natural fuzzy fro hey :)"

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67. JustinNasty, 2018
"Anyone else think she looks like a young Michelle Obama in this picture? 😂"

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68. The_Ghost Tiger, 2019
"Why y'all sista can't rock natural like systagurly in the photo! Sick of this hair hat nation.
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"Hair hat" is one colloquial term for "wigs", or more generally speaking, "fake hair". "Fake hair" also includes hair extensions (also referred to as [hair] weaves)."

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Examples Of "You Know" Used As An Affirmative Response By Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity & By Howard University Students/Graduates

Edited by Azizi Powell

Update January 14, 2019

This pancocojams post documents examples of "You know" used as an affirmative response by members of the historically Black Greek letter fraternity Phi Beta Sigma, Inc. and by students and graduates of Howard University.

This is the first post in an ongoing series of affirmative words and sayings in African American Vernacular English. Click the "affirmative words and sayings in African American Vernacular English" tag for additional posts in this series.

The content of this post is presented for linguistics and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of the videos that are embedded in this post.

Special thanks to Denise Oliver Velez for publishing this dialykos.com article: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/11/1825345/-Cultural-competency-in-reporting-Kamala-Harris-AKA-s-and-skee-wee "Cultural competency in reporting: Kamala Harris, AKAs, and 'skee wee'"; January 11, 2019/

Reading that article helped motivate me to explore information and examples of "You know" among students and graduates of Howard University and among members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. at Howard University and elsewhere.
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Disclaimer: This pancocojams post isn't meant to be a comprehensive documentation of the use of "You know" as an affirmative response.

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WHAT DOES "YOU KNOW" MEAN WHEN IT'S USED AS AN AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT?
"You know" when used as an affirmative response comes from the statement "I know, right". "I know, right" is a shortened form of "I know that's right" and means "I totally agree with what you said (or implied).

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THE "YOU KNOW" RESPONSE USED AS FORM OF "REPPIN"
Examples of "You know" as an affirmative response are different from "standard" contemporary descriptions of "You know" in conversation English such as those presented in https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/107216/you-know-in-conversational-language "“you know” in conversational language".
That website presents examples of "You know" (or "y'know) in the beginning of sentences, either as a "somewhat randomly [used] ... typical "fillers" with little to no semantic content or as "a clearly recognizable question... being short for Do you know?

You know my sister? (possibly points to person)
or as a statement (again: listen), being short for 'As you (probably) know'"...

In contrast to those examples, I believe that the affirmative use of "You know" in calls (shout outs), means "I agree with everything you said (or implied). The affirmative use of "You know" is a response to (follows) the short "call" (shout out/yell)

Examples:
"Blue Phi. You Know"

and

"H.U. You know."

My guess is that the "You know" call & response "shout outs" originated with the historically Black Greek letter fraternity Phi Beta Sigma, Incorporated (probably at Howard University in the early 2000s) and soon expanded to the entire Howard University population.

Both of these sayings are relatively fixed, meaning no other numbers or letters are used. However, the call and its response can be elongated to demonstrate conviction and enthusiasm: Example: "Blue Phiiii". Yooooou knowwwwww" or repeating the "Blue Phi" portion before saying the "You know" response. [Example #3 of the Phi Beta Sigma section that is found below.

It's my position that both of these "calls" (shout outs) are shortened forms of "reppin" (representing) expressions.
Here's some information about the word "reppin" from https://www.quora.com/What-does-%E2%80%9Creppin%E2%80%9D-mean-as-a-slang-term "What does “reppin” mean as a slang term? - Quora"

"...Chadwick Tyroné
Answered May 13, 2018 ·
Repping - Representing, glorifying (for a group, area, location), praising.

A sports fan who wears his team’s colors and hoists up the mascot is “repping” his team. Thus, he is uplifting, praising, glorifying them AND representing them, all at the same time."

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Given that information, when members of two historically Black Greek letter organization Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. use "You Know" as response to the call "Blue Phi",* that entire call (with its fixed response) is understood as way of "reppin'" ("representing") that fraternity within the (largely African American) population who are associated with or familiar with Black Greek letter organizations (BGLO).
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*The "Blue" in "Blue Phi" comes from the fact that the colors for Phi Beta Sigma, Fraternity Inc. are royal blue and pure white. These are also the colors for Phi Beta Sigma's officially recognized sister sorority Zeta Phi Beta, Inc.

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I believe that "H-U. You Know" call (shout out) was probably "lifted" from the earlier Phi Beta Sigma, Fraternity call. According to the information given above about the "You know" affirmative response, "H-U. You know." is a shortened form of the call (shout out) "Howard University ["is the greatest"; ["is the bomb", etc.] or [We're from Howard University] (implying all the superlatives that university carries) and a shortened form of the response "You know that's right ("You know that's true").

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EXAMPLES OF "YOU KNOW" USED AS AN AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSE BY MEMBERS OF PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INC.
These examples are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Beta_Sigma for information about Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

1.
Blue Phi ...You Know



Tommy Mclean, Published on Jan 9, 2017

Daddy and future Sigma TaeHan

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2.
From http://www.pbsad.org/phi-beta-sigma-chants--poems.html
WARNING: Many of the examples on that page contain profanity and/or sexual innuendos.

"THIS HOUSE
Brothers. I said my brothers.
(Yeah!)
I said my blue and white Sigma brothers.
(Yeah!)
This house, (this house) Is full, (is full)
Of blue and white!
I said this house, (this house) Is full,
of blue and white!
I said the house, is full,
of blue and white!
Blue blue blue blue phiiiii!
You you you you knooooooooow!
(you you you you knooooooooow!)
Bluuuuuuuuueeee phiiiiiiiiiii!
Youuuuuuuuuuuu knooooooooooow!"

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3.
Greek Speak Roll Call



UABStudentLife
Published on Sep 19, 2008

Check out the eight organizations of UAB's NPHC.
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The "Phi Beta Sigma section begins around 4:21 in this video.

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EXAMPLES OF "YOU KNOW" USED AS AN AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSE BY HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS/GRADUATES
These examples are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University for information about Howard University.

1.
HU You Know


christiansoldier92, Published on Apr 9, 2009

A group of students saying "HU, You Know!"

Thank you to all of the students who participated in this. =)
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The first take of that saying – 0.25.

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2. Chadwick Boseman Surprises Black Panther Fans While They Thank Him



The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; Published on Feb 28, 2018

Black Panther fans filmed a video message sharing what the movie means to them - what they didn't know was that Chadwick Boseman was right behind the curtain, waiting to surprise them.
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The "HU You know" call is found at 3:16 – 4:05 in this video

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3.
From https://twitter.com/howardu/status/1029772602833858560?lang=en
"Howard University

Verified account
@HowardU
Spotted our favorite cheerleaders on the Yard getting ready for the season. H-U, You Know!❤️💙
9:51 AM - 15 Aug 2018 from The Yard at Howard University"
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University for information about Howard University.

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From http://folklore.usc.edu/?p=36138
"Initiations

Nationality: African American

[...]

Informant: My sister spent a semester as a transfer student at Howard University.

Original Script: At Howard University it is declared as the Mecca for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. At the Mecca graduating senior must sign their name on the clock tower on the 12th floor of the library. Venturing out to find the clock tower in the library is half the battle but getting up there is worth the journey and the view is amazing. Every midnight the day before graduation seniors find their way to the tower write their names and chant “HU you know!"

[...]

COLLECTED BY HAYDEN DUNCAN
POSTED THURSDAY, 4TH OF MAY 2017 AT 06:21:04 PM”

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5.
From https://madamenoire.com/1055540/white-woman-reporter-calls-aka-skee-wee-screeching-was-dragged-into-a-teachable-moment/ White Woman Reporter Calls AKA Skee Wee “Screeching” & Was Dragged Into A Teachable Moment" by Veronica Wells, January 11, 2019
[Also quoted in https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/11/1825345/-Cultural-competency-in-reporting-Kamala-Harris-AKA-s-and-skee-wee
Denise Oliver Velez; January 11, 2019
"I’m always astounded by what little White people know about us. Then again, I really shouldn’t be. We have to know about White folks and their ways for assimilation (sadly), advancement, for protection and survival. On the flip side, far too many White people have made a habit of learning about us with the intent to exploit our traditions and culture. With that in mind, one could argue that perhaps there are some things about us they shouldn’t know.

This discussion presented itself yesterday when a young, White reporter for the Washington Post, Chelsea Janes, was covering Senator Kamala Harris’ book event at George Washington University. Janes was live-tweeting the event and shared what can only be described as some ignorant observations about the crowd’s response to Harris, a Howard alum and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated (AKA).

Janes wrote:

“Kamala Harris listed Thurgood Marshall as one of those lawyers she admires, a fellow Howard alum. Someone shouted, “Me too!”

Someone corrected Janes letting her know that the person likely shouted, “HU” for Howard University.
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Italics were added to highlight these sentences.

This article continues by sharing that the White reporter also referred to the historically Black Greek Letter sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. (AKA)'s signature sorority call "Skee wee" as "screeching".

Here's a comment section from that that madamenoire.com article:

Howard University
✔
@HowardU
Is anybody yelling "HU-YOU KNOW" while still intently watching @NBCThisisUs #ThisIsUs #HowardU?"

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From https://www.eurweb.com/2017/11/h-u-youuu-know-us-star-sterling-k-brown-talks-randalls-visit-howard-university/
"H.U.! YOUUU KNOW!: ‘THIS IS US’ STAR STERLING K. BROWN TALKS RANDALL’S VISIT TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY
NICOLE HYATTNOVEMBER 29, 2017 AT 6:59 AM
*Part of last night’s Randall-focused episode of “This is Us” took place on the campus of Howard University, with the Pearsons’ adopted African American son choosing to visit the historically black college over one of his other choices, Harvard.

The episode, titled Number Three, focused in part on teen Randall’s struggle to reconcile his upbringing in an all white environment with his desire to connect with his blackness."...

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What "African Booty" Means And Examples of The Use Of The Term "African Booty" In "Mailman Mailman Do Your Duty" Children's Rhymes

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides definitions and commentary about the term "African booty" and the term "African booty scratcher".

This post also presents various text (word only) examples of the term "African booty" that are found in the children's recreational rhymes "Mailman Mailman Do Your Duty" and "Policeman Policeman Do Your Duty". Some video examples of these rhymes are also showcased in this post.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to all those who are featured in the embedded videos, and thanks to the publishers of those videos on YouTube.
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The content of this post was originally published on pancocojams in December 2011 with the title "The Meaning Of "African Booty" In Children's Rhymes". That post was last revised on November 15, 2018.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/11/my-comments-about-whether-phrase.html for a continuation of this subject entitled "My Comments About Whether The Phrase "African Booty" In The Children's Rhyme "Mailman Mailman" Is Racist".

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DEFINITION AND USE OF THE PHRASE "AFRICAN BOOTY"
"African booty", a phrase from African American English that means "a big butt", appears to be limited to its neutral or positive use in certain children's playground rhymes, or its negative, insulting use in the term "African booty stratcher".

While the term "African booty" could be applied to males, it usually is reserved as a descriptor for teenage girls and women. In the phrase "African booty", the word "African" is evidence of the widely held, although erroneous belief that all women of African descent have big butts. As is the case with a lot of African American vernacular, while the phrase "African booty" originated with Black Americans, it has also been used by non-Black Americans.

The phrase "African booty" is found in some examples of contemporary (usually post 1970s*) versions of the American children's playground rhyme family "Mailman Mailman (do your duty)". Those rhymes are also known as "Policeman Policeman (do your duty)" or similar titles. In that sub-set of that family of jump rope or hand clap rhymes, the line "Mailman mailman do your duty" is followed by the line "Here comes a lady with an African booty".

*Note below a comment from Anonymous, July 10, 2018 that she or he recalls children jumping rope "in the 1960s in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood" singing "African booty" in a jump rope song. This is the earliest reference that I've come across of the term "African booty" being found in a children's rhyme.

Examples of "Postman Postman Do Your Duty" rhymes without the "African booty" term are included in now classic 1959 collection of mostly United Kingdom children's rhymes The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren by Iona & Peter Opie. Here's an excerpt about the "Mailman Mailman" rhyme from that book:

"In all of Britain the young have sent our Valentines {Valentine cards are definitely in fashion again}, and they have written anonymous verses, In Aberdeen and elsewhere in Scotland the boy follow the old convention of putting verse on the envelopes, addressed to the post man.

Postman, Postman, do your duty
Take this to my loving beauty.
Postie, Postie, don't delay,
Do the rhumba all the way" (Opie, Lore & Language, p. 236)"

Instead of the phrase "my loving beauty", I believe that the usual pre-1970s American versions of this rhyme included the phrase "an American beauty" or "Miss American beauty".

I've also found two online examples of the use of the term "African beauty" in "Mailman Mailman" rhymes. [Read Example #& and #8 below]. "African beauty" may be a folk etymology substitution for "African booty". However, given the often negative attitudes about Black physical appearance in mainstream United States and other Westernized cultures, it would be significant if "African beauty" were purposely used in these children's rhymes.

From my online research, it appears that some children continue to use the phrase "American beauty" as the rhyming line to "do your duty", while other children use the phrase "African booty". While it's probable that most of those persons who chant "here's come a lady with an African booty" are Black, there's evidence that that line has crossed over to non-Black persons.

Evidence that non-African Americans (or non-Black people) chant "Mailman Mailman Do Your Duty", "Policeman Policeman Do Your Duty", and similar children's rhymes with the term "African booty" substituting for the previous term "American beauty" is found in various YouTube videos. Some bloggers in those videos' discussion threads and in some other online sites also have shared examples of those rhymes with the term "African booty". These bloggers and these children featured on YouTube videos appear to use "African booty" as a matter of course, without any negative connotations. In some videos, the White girls shake their butt while saying "African booty" a movement that I think suggests that having an African booty (i.e. a big butt) is something good.

Apart from its use in the insulting term "African booty scratcher", I haven't seen or heard "African booty" used outside of these above referenced children's rhymes. It's very likely that most contemporary Americans know that the word "booty" means "butt". However, it's far less likely that most non-Black Americans know what the phrase "African booty" means. And, depending on their age, it's also unlikely that a lot of African American children know what that "African booty" phrase means. It's likely that children (usually girls) who chant "Mailman Mailman" ("Policeman Policeman)" rhymes which include the phrase "African booty" do so from rote memory without any thought to the meaning of that phrase.

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MY MEMORIES OF THE POLICEMAN POLICEMAN RHYME AND MY DAUGHTER'S USE OF THE TERM "AFRICAN BOOTY" IN POLICE LADY" RHYMES
Here's the version of the very similar rhyme "Policeman, Policeman" that I recall from my childhood in the mid 1950s, Atlantic City, New Jersey (African American girls, group jump rope)

Policeman, Policeman,
Do your duty.
Here comes [insert the jumper's name or nickname]
an American beauty.
She can wiggle.
She can wobble
She can do the flip [later the word 'twist' replaced the word 'flip']
But I betcha five dollars she can't do this:
Lady on one foot, one foot, one foot,
turn all around. [jump on 1 foot and turn around]
Lady on two foot, two foot, two foot
Touch the ground.[jump on 2 feet and touch the ground]
Lady of three foot, three foot, three foot [jump on 2 feet with one hand on the ground]
Lady on two feet say your prayers. [jump on 2 feet while folding your hands like you are praying]
Lady on four foot, four foot, four foot [jump on 2 feet while placing both hands on the ground]
[Now] Go to bed. [jump out of the rope]
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In the mid 1980s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, my daughter and her girlfriends jumped rope while chanting a version of the "Policeman Policeman" rhyme that is very similar to the one that I recall from my childhood. However, the version that my daughter & her friends chanted reflects two significant societal changes: the inclusion of women in the police force, and the attitude that having an "African booty" was a good thing. Instead of "policeman", the girls chanted "Police lady Police lady do your duty".

In the early 2000s, my daughter - then an elementary school teacher - shared with me an experience she had while taking her first grade class to a nearby public park. All of the students in her class were African American. A White man and his pre-school (White) daughter happened to be visiting that same park. Some of the girls in her classroom who were turning the ends of the jump rope sang the "Police Lady Police Lady" rhyme which included the line "here comes a lady with an African booty". (I'm not sure if the girls in her classroom knew that version before she sang it or not.) The White man asked could his daughter and he join the jump rope game, and before long he and his daughter were singing the "here comes a lady with an African booty" line. That's just one example of how versions of rhymes get passed on from one generation to another, and from one racial population to another.

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "AFRICAN BOOTY" AND "AFRICAN BOOTY SCRATCHER"
It should be noted that the phrase "African booty" is not a taunt like the similar phrase "African booty scratcher". "African booty scratcher" is meant to be a very serious insult as it implies that the person who that phrase is directed to is a monkey. Often the person being taunted by that phrase is an immigrant from Africa, and often the person doing the taunting is an African American. However, in the "Mailman Mailman family of rhymes, "African booty" is by no means an insult. Saying that a female has an "African booty" might even be considered a compliment since teenage females and adult females regardless of race/ethnicity like to have big butts. That said, having an "African booty" wasn't always considered a compliment, and it's probably wisest to refrain from using that phrase as a description of any female, particularly any Black female.

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THE HISTORY OF NEGATIVELY DESCRIBING FEMALES AS HAVING A BIG BUTT
The stereotype of Black women having big butts was heavily influenced by, if not originated from the gross, racist mistreatment in the early 19th century of the South African woman Sarah Baartman and another South African woman. In 1810, Sarah Baartman and the other African woman were taken from South Africa and exhibited in Great Britain and elsewhere in Europe as a freak of nature because of their "big butts". These women were labeled "the Hottentot Venus”. Upon her death until 2003, a replication of Baartman's body which emphasized her large protruding butt was featured in a French museum. Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Baartman for information about Sarah Baartman.

Americans have had ambivalent opinions about big butt females for quite some time. Jimmy Castor 1975 "Bertha Butt Boogie" Rhythm & Blues songs document the humor Americans' have for big ("heavy set") women with big butts. Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LQJYgs1sxc "Bertha Butt Boogie" for an example of those songs. Also, click http://artists.letssingit.com/jimmy-castor-lyrics-the-bertha-butt-boogie-8tbtw43 for the words to that song.

Among African Americans, a female with a "Bertha Butt" means a female (usually a Black female) with a large, protruding butt. I believe that phrase was used prior to the Jimmy Castor songs. My theory is that the origin of "Bertha Butt" was the 1947 American prison Blues song "O Berta". That song has a line "I call Berta, but she didn't answer me". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/06/o-berta-prison-blues.html for a pancocojams blog post about that song.

In contrast to song's that ridicule big butt women, the 1988 R&B song "Da Butt" by the Washington, D. C. group E. U. [European Union] praises those women, reflecting the positive societal value given to women who have a big butt. Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FShE0VifCYs for a video of that song. Click http://lyrics.filestube.com/song/a433f344b5c91eca03e9,Da-Butt-From-School-Daze.html for the lyrics to that song.

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PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES FOR THE RHYME "MAILMAN MAILMAN"
As mentioned above, the "Mailman Mailman" (do your duty) rhymes used to be chanted while jumping rope. However, as is the case with most jump rope rhymes, by at least the 1960s, in the United States at least, partner or three or four person handclapping was the preferred performance activity for those rhymes.

As documented by several YouTube videos and their viewer comment threads, the phrase "African booty" continues to be chanted by girls -regardless of race- as either a handclap rhyme, or a movement rhyme without accompanying handclap activities. With either of those performance activities, the girls use mimicking motions on cue- they shake their balled up fists in front of them when saying pom poms (in imitation of cheerleaders holding pom poms); they shake their hips from side to side as was done to the once popular "twist" dance; and with each rendition of the rhyme, they move their feet farther and farther apart either to do a split, or to see which girl falls down first. In the later case, the last girl who remains standing is the winner.

To date, I've not seen any off-line or online evidence on YouTube or elsewher that the "Mailman Mailman" ("Policeman Policeman") rhymes with or without the "African booty" phrase are still being used as a jump rope chant. This isn't surprising since chanting while jumping rope appears to be rarely done in the United States since at least the 1990s.

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FEATURED RHYMES
[These examples of "Mailman Mailman" ("Policeman Policeman") rhymes which include the phrase "African booty scratcher" are presented in no particular order.]

Example #1
mailman mailman
do your duty
here comes a lady with an
african booty
she can do the pom pom
she can do the twist
most of all she likes to kiss
-Guest, http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4300 Children's Street Songs; 12/2/2004

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Example #2
mail man mail man
do ur duty hear comes a lady with an African booty
she can do the pom pom she can do the splits but best of all she can kiss kiss kiss with her read hott lips
-socalgal89 at June 16, 2005 http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php [This blog is no longer viable]

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Example #3
Mailman mailman do your duty
here comes a lady with an African booty
she can do the pom poms
she can do the twist
but most of all
she can kiss kiss kiss
-celinababe29; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3G7c6Fj_WM; 6/24/2009

[This video is embedded below.]

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Example #4
Mailman mailman do your duty
here comes a lady with an African booty
she can do the pom poms
she can do the twist
but most of all
she can kiss kiss kiss
With her big
red
lips
k.i.ss.i.n.g
-KellyJulia12 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgr8ApS4LWI&feature=related; 7/11/2010

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Example #5
Mailman mailman do your duty
here comes a lady with an African booty
she can do the pom poms
she can do the twist
but I betcha five dollars
she can’t do this
k-i-s-s-i-n-g
-loserweirdo311; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Gs7-MQyrE; 8/15/2009

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Example #6
Mailman, mailman do your duty.
Here comes a lady with an African booty.
She can do the pom-poms, she can do the splits, I bet you $5 she can't do this:

(Take your feet, and go back and forth, pointing your toes out, then your heels out, then toes, then heels....
As you're doing it, your feet are moving out, so you're getting closer to the ground.) [Thanks to Ciara A.]; http://www.beachnet.com/~jeanettem/chants.html#MAILMAN; retrieved 12/28/2011
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Here are two examples from different YouTube viewer comment threads which gives the phrase as "African beauty" instead of "African booty":

Example #7
the way i do it is ive got an african beauty she can do the pom poms she can do the splits but most of all she can kiss kisss kiss k.i.s.s
-123leta ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3G7c6Fj_WM&feature=related; 6/2011

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Example #8
I learned it like 'Mail man mail man do your duty. I got a date with an African beauty. She can do the pom-pom, she can do the splits, most of all she can kiss kiss kiss. K-I-S-S ( for each letter you go like if your doing the splits )
-livetolove97; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgr8ApS4LWI&feature=related; October 2011

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Here are two examples of "Mailman Mailman" rhymes that include the term "big fat booty" which I think is an equivalent term for "African booty":

Example #9 (fragment)
Mailman, mailman do your duty here comes the lady w/the big fat booty...
-Classy_Diva5 (African American female, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc sorority, Bay Area, California); http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=4123; 12/28/2000

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Example #10
Mail man mail man do your duty
Here comes a lady with a
With a big fat booty
she can do the pom pom
she can do the twist
but most of all she can blow you a kiss
Uggh!
-froggielover737; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uKGksoFTA&feature=related; 1/22/2007

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FEATURED VIDEOS
Example #1: Mailman, Mailman



Uploaded by celinababe29 on Jun 24, 2009

My little sister and her cousin playing Mailman, Mailman after i taught them an hour earlier.
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These girls are chanting "with an African booty".

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Example #2: mailman mailman game



Uploaded by KellyJulia12 on Jul 11, 2010

Weird, huh?
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These White girls are chanting "with an African booty". The fact that they are smiling and shaking their own hips implies to me that "African booty" isn't an insult.

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Example #3: Mailman mailman do your duty



glancei, Published on Sep 26, 2015

Hand game- mailman mailman do your duty
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This video replaces one that is no longer available.

Notice that these two Black girls (presumably from the United States) chant "American beauty", which documents that not all African American girls chanted "African booty" when they performed this jump rope game.

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Example #4: Mail man do your duty



delcia50, Published on Apr 19, 2013
Este video se subi� de un tel�fono Android.
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The girl in this video says "African booty". Note that she doesn't appear to be African American, suggesting that non-African Americans also chant the term "African booty" as a part of this rhyme.

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