Agreed. Just piggybacking a bit, since I was reading some comments from people that appeared to be confused about what the phrase means.

There’s a middle ground between “that’s racist” and “everyone upset by this is a snowflake”.

Waiting a cotton pickin’ minute means to slow down and take a lot of time, as picking cotton is/was an arduous task that required more than a few seconds. It isn’t racist, but it is very racially charged and probably shouldnt be used when describing the mind of a black man.

it isn’t based on race

This very much a non-story. My (white) mother and her brothers picked cotton into adulthood. Picking cotton is a miserable experience; “cotton pickin” is a substitute for swearing, one which she used all the time. It has nothing to do with race, although it is easy to understand why it would sound that way, especially…

Russell Westbrooke is cracking the whip on other NBA teams!

But then how will people know how virtuous we are?

which describes an act traditionally performed by black slaves and still widely associated with black slavery

The phrase wasn’t originated in racist tones though. It actually is used as a replacement for swearing, and that’s how it originated. Just because something originated in the south while slaves were there doesn’t make it racist. If I (I’m Latino) say a black guy “looks blue” is that “racially charged” because the…

I grew up in the south and heard the expression occasionally, usually from old people, and it never came off as racist. It was just one of those wacky country expressions. But it is messed up when you stop and think about it, though. The announcer should be more aware of what he’s saying. A genuine on air apology…

He doesn’t even need to apologize. It’s not racist. White people claiming things are racist doesn’t make them racist. If they want to talk to him and ask him not to say it again, fine. But he owes no one an apology. This blog post is more of a story than it should be.

That’s a bad and racist thing to say

“A little wack” is pretty generous. I can’t believe that he hasn’t changed the headline or removed the blog completely.

Yeah, I think it was right after kind of a bullshit non- call, too. I mean, it could’ve been racist, I guess, but this post is a little wack. Maybe Lucozade should quite making racist bottles?

This is an unbelievable post.

So...not a banana at all. Cool story.

it looks awfully banana-shaped (and banana-colored) to us.

Wait so you don’t know if it was actually a banana, but it’s yellow and about the same size so you’re going to publish an article calling the fans racist?

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