It's just too bad though these kids do so much to protest a phrase and not care one bit about the slave labour that goes into the making of all the iPhones they have in their hands ...
He is a walking talking contradiction. His audacity to be upset because of his ignorance over a historical dialect and a common southern colloquialism and all while having the audacity to referr to his friends as niggas. I cannot take that entire school district seriously. They could obviously use a history lesson. What's the meaning of the phrase 'Cotton-pickin'? Other phrases with American origin 'Cotton-picking' ia an intensifier, used as a general term of disapproval. A substitute for the word 'damned' What's the origin of the phrase 'Cotton-picking'? It can come as as little surprise that the term 'cotton-picking' originated in the southern states of the USA, where it is usually pronounced cotton-pickin'. The expression began life in the late 1700s and differs from the 19th century Dixie term, 'cottonpicker', in that the latter was derogatory and racist, whereas 'cotton-picking' referred directly to the difficulty and harshness of gathering the crop. This didn't extend to the specific expression 'keep your cotton-picking hands off of me'. This no doubt alludes to the horny, calloused (and usually black) hands that picked cotton. Of course, 'cotton-picking' must have been in use as an English phrase for as long as English-speaking people have picked cotton - originally without any racial overtones. There are numerous citations of 'cotton-picking' seasons/jobs/machines etc. since the late 1700s. J & E Pettigrew's Letters has an early example, from 1795: 'One of the students was banished... for going to a cotton picking after eight at Knight.' Manual cotton picking was tough work. The southern expression 'cutting in high cotton', which means 'have it easy', refers to the relatively easy task of cutting cotton without having to bend down. Our folk memory of grizzled cowboys in Hollywood B-features 'fixin to run that cotton-picking greenhorn outta town' etc., might give us cause to think that the use of 'cotton-picking' as a figurative term originated in the 19th century wild west. In fact, it didn't, and it doesn't even seem to have been spoken in any of Hollywood's numerous early cowboy movies. It isn't until the 1940s that the term began to be used in any other context than that of the actual picking of cotton. The earliest such reference that I have found is in the Pennsylvania newspaper, The Daily Courier, November 1942: It's just about time some of our Northern meddlers started keeping their cotton-picking fingers out of the South's business. Where memory doesn't play tricks is in recalling the works of the sainted Bugs Bunny. While not originating the term, Bugs can claim to have done more to fix it into the language than the rest of rabbitkind, especially in its most often used form 'Wait just a cotton-picking minute'. There's an example in Bully for Bugs, 1953: "Just a cotton-pickin' minute, this don't look like the Coachella Valley to me!" The expression 'out of your cotton-picking mind' is no longer deemed an acceptable description of a black person in the USA. In April 2018 a white commentator (Brian Davis) said in a broadcast commentary of a basketball game that a black player (Russell Westbrook) was 'out of his cotton-picking mind'. The perceived racist connotations caused an uproar of protest. Davis, while claiming that the remark was unintentional, apologised, describing the comment as insensitive and a lapse of judgement. Davis was suspended from his position with the broadcaster. www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cotton-picking.html
It’s terrible to hear what the substitute teacher said but it’s great to see how everyone united in response. It seems like the situation was handled well by everyone.
@@shawnrumley3356 Sorry, no. I have heard white kids get told the EXACT same thing. It is an old saying; it doesn't mean "racism". It probably means she WAS NOT a racist because she used an old phrase without thinking the child would be offended.
"I probably shouldn't have been touching that." Young man don't blame yourself for that racist beast's racist remarks. She's been waiting her whole life to say that.
I didn’t take it as taking the blame, I figured he was being responsible and holding his self accountable for his part. He is an honest young man, and didn’t deserve this at all.
I know a teacher who said the same thing to a black student.. she covered her mouth and immediately apologized… she’s in her 60s and it’s crazy how deeply integrated this is.
@@Mack2244 here’s a thing about most students including probably the young man if a teacher caught herself saying it and apologized for use afterwards come then we know they don’t mean anything wrong by and it’s all forgiven. You have to learn from what you do and we all understand that somethings are ingrained. It’s the repeating the comment and then coming back with a reason why you are OK to say it that becomes the problem.
My grandma used to say that to me all of the time circa 1990! 😂 "If you don't get your c-tton-pickin' tail in here!" "Alright now, you're getting on my last c-tton-pickin' nerve!" "I'm going to tell you one more time, and then I'm going outside to get a switch and whoop yo' c-tton-pickin' behind!" 😂😂😂😂 Bl-ck grandma's are hilarious. C-tton-pickin' simply means "aggravating". You'll notice that you can swap out "c-tton-pickin'" with "aggravating" where it's used most of the time. Anyone who has ever picked c-tton will tell you how aggravating of a task it is, and that's why it's most often used in, "getting on my c-tton-picking nerves-" because picking cotton really does get on your nerves. But, not just any nerve, c-tton-pickin' nerves. It says you're really pushing the person to the limit. The teacher wasn't saying he's a c-tton picker. She was saying he's aggravating, because he was getting on her last c-tton-pickin' nerve. I'm sorry, I don't think it's that serious.
you're giving them too much benefit of the doubt. where do you think the expression came from?? do you really think it's just calling someone aggravating 🙄
@No name bruh if you are racist just say that. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ Boycotts are powerful ways to enact immediate change which needed to happen you can’t let people who don’t see kids as equal humans in to schools ever 💯💯🤡🤡🙄
I don’t think she meant anything racist by that honestly I don’t I remember my grandma and my mom saying that years ago to kids and I think I’ve even said it as a joke add to my daughter it wasn’t races at all and I think that people are so willing to hurry up and jump on the racist thing especially Black people that they’re looking for anything to start picketing and protesting about I don’t think that she meant it as racist
I’m from a family of poor, white share croppers. My grandma picked cotton. I’ve heard this countless times growing up as a way to not cuss. It is a fairly common term still, not racist at all.
I hear you, but we are changing, getting better. We don’t go around using the R word anymore and that was once commonplace. When we know better, we do better. Im 50 and my mother used to say this to us all time for the same reason you mentioned; to not use swear words. I never knew the meaning behind it as a kid but I learned it’s meaning years ago and realized how horribly racist it is. We gotta do better.
The amount of black people who are black supremacists who defend it when a black person does something to a white person or somebody who's non-black and it's okay rules for thee but not for me you guys are hypocrites don't even try we don't want to hear it Christ the river nothing to see here we can play by the same rules you do
Always the victim is correct. It’s a very old sayang and I’ve heard it many times as a kid. Somehow now it’s racist like everything else. This won’t end well for those kids throwing a fit when their feelings are hurt. Unfortunately the world does not owe you understanding. Life will smack these misled kids right in the face some day. That’s the truth. You can’t complain about every word, seems to me the media has turned these kids into this. That boy seems very nice, however, the future for him won’t be kind if he thinks this is what happens when he’s ‘offended’ all the time when he’s an adult. Bet you it’s ok if he calls someone a cracker though right?
@@dcg590 what in the hell do you mean??! And you all always use that word “victim” how about STOP being racist and get off of your high horses all of the time. “The old saying” comes from racist white people that referred that to black people that picked cotton! Your thoughts don’t count that’s why the teacher got FIRED
@Arie death Videos you’re a grown man. use you’re head , that’s a whole teacher being racist to a student even went as far as calling him a “ cotton picker “ that’s not a excuse
I really couldn’t be more proud of this generation when it comes to standing up against injustice. My nephew is around these kids age and kids at his school organized a protest/walk out because a boy was going around assaulting girls and the school wouldn’t do anything so the kids took action! I know their generation isn’t perfect but they sure know what it takes to make a difference!!!
Be proud of your kids, not these kids. This kid used what he could to hurt the teacher cause she told him to quit fu##ing around. If he was in line for a free new iPhone, and a kid cut the line to get a second one for free, and grabbed the last one, and she caught that kid and said get your cotton picking hands off that, you already got one, and just as he thought he was a$$ out, she says here you go young man, and gives him the new iPhone he was about to lose out on because the other kid was trying to come up on two, he would be loving her, no offense there right? Unless of course he was the one who cut the line and got caught, then we have this sh##, these kids have no respect for the sufferings of the people that actually experienced racism, they weaponize it, only for an advantage against anyone who doesnt let them do whatever they want to do, and have been so taught to do so, wash up before you touching on the food, furniture, and clothes, hands are dirty from working, dont applaud these kids, they are a mockery of social justice and crucified a woman for there own pleasure and joy. I understand he is just a kid, maybe dad should whoop his a$$ for fu##ing around in class, instead of applauding him. Unless is more to this story, it's a shame,
@@bucklejrjjbg8197 wut?, bruh, that teacher literally still sees black people as inferior in fuckin 21st century, a time where racism towards black people is a topic from the past in most places, i mean, what do you think they should do in cases like this?, stay quiet and pretend like nothing bad is happening? F U C K N O, these kids are literally standing up for all of their peers that have suffered from any forms of racism, and believe me, doing that will make the world a way better place than it is today
So why is it that the next generation of boys is STILL s3xually @ssaulting girls??? What’s going on that the same behavior keeps getting passed down generations??
@@davidmedinaortega9859 after I saw this video, i went to work. Was working with one of my black coworkers, and we were talking about something at work we didnt like. And I purposely said yeah they are out of their cotton picking minds. He agreed. Then I asked if I said anything that offended him. He didnt even know what I was talking about. So I explained to him about this video and the teacher getting fired. He said that is bs, he said his family has used that phrase at times, granted it's not really a popular phrase these days, but still used. If it was truly offensive they should have just pulled her aside and let her know, not fire her and ban her from teaching. That is what really upsets me. The kid says this is going to affect him for the rest of his life, c'mon do you buy that. He is flipping, like in basketball, faking a foul. And why? Figure it out. Destroying this teachers life is a shame and evidence that a vendetta is being passed down from generation to generation, being taught to be executed upon people that had nothing to do with it. If you think this is fair, which i doubt that you do, I am certain most everyone knows it's not. Even if they try and argue and fan the flame they know it is wrong by the conviction in their heart. Now if it is shown that this teacher singles out black people, that is different. Why didnt she just say n####r then? Who would see black people as inferior these days, if they are anything, it isn't inferior. We are all the same, people created by God, living souls, and children of God through Jesus Christ, for those who receive him. This is a kid , using what he can to strike back after being reprimanded by a teacher. It says a lot about our current mindset when we allow a person's life to be destroyed over this and applaud the people doing it, as if they are some heroes. They have no part, nor glory in the real battle against racism, this is a mockery and an enemy to the example of giving grace to each other, equally and through love. What would make you think that this teacher meant that as a racial slur,, and why if so she didnt just say n####r then? She says after they explain it, that she can see how that could be viewed that way. I think that is in a different video though that shows more. The kid was not offended, but knew he could use it though. And none of them would be offended except that the narrative told them that they could be. What percentage of white people do you think actually owned slaves in the US? What percentage of white people do you think were cotton pickers? All colors picked cotton. Crucify her a rejoice in your folly, just like they did in the old south to black people. Its popular these days, 21 century, nothing has changed, people still strike in hatred towards someone because of the color of their skin, and personal spite. AMD any other reason they can to elevate themselves, he talks about love, that's a laugh. Tell me what error is in my reasoning, you know how man is, its inside us, we just sometimes think we are fooling everyone else. Tell my why you believe this teacher is a racist and targeting black kids with hate speech. They are out of their cotton picking minds. There is plenty of hate speech that really goes on, maybe we should compare and contrast the differences. What do you think would have happened if it was in the iphone illustration in my previous comment, would he have been offended for his classmate that was trying to steal his iphone. My assessment of this situation is far more reasonable, but not as exciting. Stand for what is right, and support those who are truly oppressed, not those who are playing a part. Use discernment and we stand together, all of God's children, not BLM bs.
It makes me proud to see young people standing up against authority figures abusing their power. It can be hard for a student to speak out against a teacher.
“ Well, who do you think they said it to?”I’m crying😂😂🤦🏾♀️ She needs her license revoked for the remaining amount of her racist life she does have left in her
@@issaaep3378 racist is when you hate someone for there skin color and will kill them for it there is not many racist is America prolly like a few thousand out of 300 something million people very low
This school is definitely building positive relationships with their student body. The student trusted them, made a report and action was taken. Other schools should take notes.
The student body does not trust the administration at all. Unfortunately, Farmington sweeps stuff under the rug unless there's video which could land then in legal trouble.
I truly admire the fact that he doesn't harbor resentment or any kind of ill will towards her because in the end, what do you get out of it, really? It takes a strong person & a good heart to say that.❤🙏
As a person in my mid 50's, and of color, I've heard that phrase practically all of my youth. It was even integrated in satire and comedy sketches back in the day. I never liked it since I knew where it originated from and the suffering and bondage of those ancestors. So glad to see this body of students along with their administration come together in combating this kind of ignorance and racism. There are many phrases we should bury and put to rest..
I’m 30 and “of color” and grew up with my mother figure saying this (and she’s of color) It was so common place I never dissected what was actually being said
you hear the phrase all of your to youth, ok, and how was it used? what context? you heard it integrated into satire and comedy sketches right? so in what context was it used? now last thing, you never liked it since you knew where it originated from right? well what context was it used in originally? i mean you were there right? when the first person used that phrase, and it sounds like you were saying that it was a racist slur, bit im going to call bs, and that you didnt know where it originated from in the way you describe, that you didnt even think about it as a kid, and you at best, imagine in your own mind where it may have originated from, in accordance with current origin that you currently desire it to have originated from, to fit you purpose and desire, you want it to be racist, so you imagine it to be racist, but in real life you have neve hear it used as a racist slur. btw its about a person losing their job, banned from teaching , and having a racist jacket put on her for rest of her life. so frighteningly accurate right? its really simple, man knows what's in the heart of man,
The children have been taught to see racism everywhere and think of themselves as "victims"; and so they are acting out. Sadly, there are no adults in the room (or in the media) to point out the obvious.
Thank god for videos nowadays, When I was growing up in schools, Some teachers were extremely abusive but u were never ever believed, In fact if u had said anything, the school would not just consider u a liar, but would become even more abusive towards u. I commend this young man of how maturely he dealt with this and praise the rest of the students for supporting him and standing up for their god given rights.
However that student admitted that he *"probably"* should not have been putting his hands on the teacher's microphone so had he been behaving then this never happens. Just saying.
@@DrLuke49 doesnt hide the fact that she said something racist like it was an everyday normal thing to do. Doing something your not supposed to shouldnt result in a racist harrassment, shes way older than him and probably worked with other students as well. There are other ways to diffuse such a situation than being racist yourself.
@@DrLuke49 That literally doesn't call for letting out insecure, racist slurs. She's a TEACHER. That's not good. Do you not know how many students in general screw around in school? Wow.
@@julisimonyan4825 I totally agree 💯% There should be no place for racism whatsoever anywhere. My point is that the kid was goofing around with the microphone while deliberately pissing her off. She also should have responded in a calm and respectful tone of voice but she came across as a person who would have said what she said to a misbehaving student who was white, Hispanic, Asian etc. He took his shot and he hit paydirt. He has also obviously gotten used to escaping accountability for his lack of self control given how he sarcastically admitted about how he *"probably"* should not have been doing what he did.
Many black folks say it too, She’s just old and probably didn’t mean anything by it but in this day and age we have a knee-jerk reaction to any little thing and automatically assume the worst.
@@TriRacialAmericana I was born and raised in the south and I’ve never heard a black or white person say this ( young or old) I only heard it on tv…I would never let that BS come out of my mouth let alone say it to another black person
I'm white and was raised around all white people, we used to all say that to each other all the time. Teachers definitely said it to me. It was an old comedy line that honestly had no racial connotation whatsoever. Literally everyone of every race said this to each other and no one was offended. It's scary how one slip of the tongue now, using a phrase that just a few years ago was common placed and no one found it off putting....and bam, your career is over.
DON'T say "no one". A lot of people find and have found it disturbing. Listen to what you said. "I'm white and was raised around all white people". Of course none of y'all found it disturbing. She said it to a black student. It's a racist. And you think it's normal because a group of you say it religiously. Get over yourself Karen
@@Jahpeace84 The lady who said it to the black student was also black. People of every race have been saying this for decades because it's a punchline in a movie that had no racial connotation. Just look at yourself, trying so damn hard to find something so innocuous offensive. It's pathetic. Don't be pathetic and ignorant you'd entire life. It's a bad look. Of course I'm typical Karen style, you'll continue to be loud and wrong lol.
cotton-picking' originated in the southern states of the USA, where it is usually pronounced cotton-pickin'. The expression began life in the late 1700s and differs from the 19th century Dixie term, 'cottonpicker', in that the latter was derogatory and racist, whereas 'cotton-picking' referred directly to the difficulty and harshness of gathering the crop. This didn't extend to the specific expression 'keep your cotton-picking hands off of me'. This no doubt alludes to the horny, calloused (and usually black) hands that picked cotton. Of course, 'cotton-picking' must have been in use as an English phrase for as long as English-speaking people have picked cotton - originally without any racial overtones. There are numerous citations of 'cotton-picking' seasons/jobs/machines etc. since the late 1700s. J & E Pettigrew's Letters has an early example, from 1795: 'One of the students was banished... for going to a cotton picking after eight at Knight.' Manual cotton picking was tough work. The southern expression 'cutting in high cotton', which means 'have it easy', refers to the relatively easy task of cutting cotton without having to bend down. Our folk memory of grizzled cowboys in Hollywood B-features 'fixin to run that cotton-picking greenhorn outta town' etc., might give us cause to think that the use of 'cotton-picking' as a figurative term originated in the 19th century wild west. In fact, it didn't, and it doesn't even seem to have been spoken in any of Hollywood's numerous early cowboy movies. It isn't until the 1940s that the term began to be used in any other context than that of the actual picking of cotton. The earliest such reference that I have found is in the Pennsylvania newspaper, The Daily Courier, November 1942: It's just about time some of our Northern meddlers started keeping their cotton-picking fingers out of the South's business. Cotton pickingWhere memory doesn't play tricks is in recalling the works of the sainted Bugs Bunny. While not originating the term, Bugs can claim to have done more to fix it into the language than the rest of rabbitkind, especially in its most often used form 'Wait just a cotton-picking minute'. There's an example in Bully for Bugs, 1953: "Just a cotton-pickin' minute, this don't look like the Coachella Valley to me!" The expression 'out of your cotton-picking mind' is no longer deemed an acceptable description of a black person in the USA. In April 2018 a white commentator (Brian Davis) said in a broadcast commentary of a basketball game that a black player (Russell Westbrook) was 'out of his cotton-picking mind'. The perceived racist connotations caused an uproar of protest. Davis, while claiming that the remark was unintentional, apologised, describing the comment as insensitive and a lapse of judgement. Davis was suspended from his position Fun little history lesson
I used to hear that expression when I was a child, and yes, by many people. I never understood it was tied to slavery until I learned about slavery. A teacher should know better than to use those words. Prejudice and hatred is taught in the homes. We have not come that far yet. It's truly terribly sad that the history of our nation, as well as other nations, is still in the present.
Yes! Same here. I can’t believe I never made the connection to slavery and cotton plantations. I’m aghast! This goes to show how ingrained certain racist remarks are. It just flies over our heads. Damn.
Same. I used to say that when I was a kid, and had no idea what it meant. I just figured 'cotton pickin' was a way of cursing without actually swearing... BUT, I grew up in a rural area that was predominantly white. Wow. O~O
I heard that said to ME growing up, and I'm white. I never equated it to slavery, because I knew that not all cotton picking was done by slaves. My father grew up picking cotton in East Texas in the 1930's. He was in the fields picking when he was 8 years old.
@@mknop3 will there ever be a solution we are trying to be the solution to our own problem but they can be the ones who discipline and give the structure we're at the bottom bottom!! It takes the nation it takes two to compromise and it seems like us blacks have no say so how does the compromise begin? I thought we were already trying to preach for that?? So what you're saying part of the solution is just to go along with the flow okay I see
@@mknop3 some people and groups are...!? Those white power people!! Those are the only people that started trying to have control over the next human being to justify their weakness! So why are we speaking in minimum terms and basis of outside of what's really going on why can't we just be bold like they are bold I haven't been to fix this what's your solution
@@mknop3 compromise is something that is not going to work because they labeled us ignorant but no that would be them!! If we all African Americans have the same idea same plan and actually stuck through with it they would literally kill us! One way or another.
Maybe it's a southern thing, but my mother told me to "get my cotton picking hands" off a lot of things as a way of stifling herself from cursing, and I'm a southern white guy. Yosemite Sam says it a LOT on bugs bunny, and he is talking to a rabbit!
I’m sure a lot of people innocently use that phrase not knowing or thinking about the history of it. But instead of defending it just recognize that “hey this has harmful origins” and just not use it again. It’s fine to not know things and mess up but when you get told/corrected about it it’s important to listen.
@@Zaa-up4hg I don’t use that word ever. From what I’ve been told is that it means “brother” or “friend” rather then what the insulting hard er one means, but I don’t feel comfortable using either of those words. They’re too similar and I’m too white
As a person of color born and reared in the south, I actually remember my grandma, mom and aunts saying that to us as kids when we put our hands on things that didn’t belong to us. I mean it was just a regular old colloquial saying. I’m in my 40’s now and until this video, I haven’t heard that saying since I was a kid, but as I watched this video, it just hit me like a freakin ton of bricks 🧱 what that saying actually means 😮😵💫. Otherwise, I never thought about the significance of the meaning til this very moment in time 🥺. Now I’m wondering what and how many other sayings I heard as a kid that seemed innocuous but derived from the negative history of the antebellum south. At any rate, I’m so proud these young people were aware and they stood up to that teacher, because I can’t say I would’ve been offended by it considering I used to hear my own older family members say the same thing frequently. But I can agree in this climate, saying something like that in a professional setting to students of color, she damn sho said the wrong thing.
You think she was racist though? Like, I'm with you on everything, but there's a lot of dumb shit old people and even young people casually say which have a lot of f'd up connotation meanings behind them. The way she said it was an old saying it seemed more like it's just a normal south mindset that is rooted in racism but the person who said it probably isn't actually racist.
@@avarice4556 yeah I see what’s you’re saying because I was thinking the same thing when I heard her, but on the other hand, with this type of climate, you really have to be cognizant of what comes out of your mouth especially in a professional setting but I definitely get your point.
He is a walking talking contradiction. His audacity to be upset because of his ignorance over a historical dialect and a common southern colloquialism and all while having the audacity to referr to his friends as niggas. I cannot take that entire school district seriously. They could obviously use a history lesson. What's the meaning of the phrase 'Cotton-pickin'? Other phrases with American origin 'Cotton-picking' ia an intensifier, used as a general term of disapproval. A substitute for the word 'damned' What's the origin of the phrase 'Cotton-picking'? It can come as as little surprise that the term 'cotton-picking' originated in the southern states of the USA, where it is usually pronounced cotton-pickin'. The expression began life in the late 1700s and differs from the 19th century Dixie term, 'cottonpicker', in that the latter was derogatory and racist, whereas 'cotton-picking' referred directly to the difficulty and harshness of gathering the crop. This didn't extend to the specific expression 'keep your cotton-picking hands off of me'. This no doubt alludes to the horny, calloused (and usually black) hands that picked cotton. Of course, 'cotton-picking' must have been in use as an English phrase for as long as English-speaking people have picked cotton - originally without any racial overtones. There are numerous citations of 'cotton-picking' seasons/jobs/machines etc. since the late 1700s. J & E Pettigrew's Letters has an early example, from 1795: 'One of the students was banished... for going to a cotton picking after eight at Knight.' Manual cotton picking was tough work. The southern expression 'cutting in high cotton', which means 'have it easy', refers to the relatively easy task of cutting cotton without having to bend down. Our folk memory of grizzled cowboys in Hollywood B-features 'fixin to run that cotton-picking greenhorn outta town' etc., might give us cause to think that the use of 'cotton-picking' as a figurative term originated in the 19th century wild west. In fact, it didn't, and it doesn't even seem to have been spoken in any of Hollywood's numerous early cowboy movies. It isn't until the 1940s that the term began to be used in any other context than that of the actual picking of cotton. The earliest such reference that I have found is in the Pennsylvania newspaper, The Daily Courier, November 1942: It's just about time some of our Northern meddlers started keeping their cotton-picking fingers out of the South's business. Where memory doesn't play tricks is in recalling the works of the sainted Bugs Bunny. While not originating the term, Bugs can claim to have done more to fix it into the language than the rest of rabbitkind, especially in its most often used form 'Wait just a cotton-picking minute'. There's an example in Bully for Bugs, 1953: "Just a cotton-pickin' minute, this don't look like the Coachella Valley to me!" The expression 'out of your cotton-picking mind' is no longer deemed an acceptable description of a black person in the USA. In April 2018 a white commentator (Brian Davis) said in a broadcast commentary of a basketball game that a black player (Russell Westbrook) was 'out of his cotton-picking mind'. The perceived racist connotations caused an uproar of protest. Davis, while claiming that the remark was unintentional, apologised, describing the comment as insensitive and a lapse of judgement. Davis was suspended from his position with the broadcaster. www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cotton-picking.html
@@onatarabandrui8375 You're doing way to much and you actually sound racist trying speaking about how he should feel about her saying that to him. I don't think she's racist but clearly you got some racial animosity if you're going to respond to this situation with all that.
That teacher must be in her 70s. I haven't heard that since I was a child. My father would say that instead of using curse words. I only thought it was equivalent to saying dang, darn, friggin',, etc. Until I became an adult and took a Black American history course.
Right me too! My grandma used to say it but always in a joking way instead of cursing. I kind of laughed when I heard it again. Then I was like oops not funny in 2022🤷🏽♀️
My dad also said this to me instead of cussing. He is a black man in his 70’s and he did pick cotton. I guess this phrase is like the n word. Not everyone is allowed to use this phrase or word.
@@nikolasaintchristmas7271 I don't think it's really consciously seen as a racist term, honestly. I think she needed to be made aware that it was offensive but I don't think she meant it maliciously.
@@sparklesp9304 your probably right….but now we know that that phrase offends people. I have to show my dad this video and see what he has to say about it.
He handled that situation amazingly 👏 and I am so proud of all the students standing up for themselves and not letting something like that slide, some people need to learn how to grow up and watch what they say because all it takes is for someone to say something wrong to the wrong person and something bad could happen. The immaturity and the amount of disrespect is what causes so much damage in this world. It's not the world that needs to change, it's the people in it😔
White's are known for using the term "cotton-pickin hands" among themselves. You can see it in movies and TV shows. You people are sensitive as fk😭 are we going to abolish the name Schwarzenegger next?
Wow, I am Black and was raised by Southern Black parents. My Mother would say that to us and I don’t think we ever really thought of what that kid said! Good for him and sad for us. This is an example of how deep racism goes, even the objects of the disdain are inculcated into the belief that we are what we are called. An “old saying” isn’t only that. It does have a root.
Selective outrage, because nobody says anything about the racial lyrics these rappers use and these teens and parents still buy their music while they call females all type of derogatory words and black males the n word on every other sentence in their songs but don't let the right teacher say something because that calls for protest. It's too many double standards. I'm black and I used to say the word all the time jokingly but it just goes to show if a black person says something is okay but when a white person says the exact same thing then it's time for protesting. Skin color should not determine what's right and what's wrong, if it's wrong then it's wrong all the way around , enough of the hypocrisy
"What she said is not racist" Like red jacket stated, if it's an old saying, who was it meant for? Where and why did the saying originate? Pretty sure you're a racist too
Unfortunately it is a very common phrase among older people in the south. I have even heard older black people refer to something as "cotton pickin". Still if an educator can keep from swearing in a classroom, they can keep from saying phrases rooted in racism.
true. it’s awful that even a teacher who’s working at a school w a good amount of black students even had this type of vocabulary sitting on her tongue dude. she was itching to use that line 🤢
It's not that deep! I'm from Memphis, Tennessee. Im black and my father is 58 years old. And he always said that instead of stating a curse word to me and my siblings. And my father's father even said it to my father when he was a child. It's just a form of expression if you don't want to curse. Words only have power if you give them power. People are too sensitive.
At first I was going to say, she old and didn't mean anything by it. Then I thought deeper and remembered all of the little nasty racist things I was told growing up. This made me very proud of all of those students for standing up and saying, Not today! It is not OK anymore.
I’m appalled at the “teacher” and stunned by this young man’s extraordinary wisdom; this young man is what 16-17 and wiser than most adults. I wish I could shake his hand,
Same here!! So proud of the message he said at the end. Hate on hate doesnt fix things but showing love, compassion, forgiveness, and education is what makes all the difference in this world.
He is a walking talking contradiction. His audacity to be upset because of his ignorance over a historical dialect and a common southern colloquialism and all while having the audacity to referr to his friends as niggas. I cannot take that entire school district seriously. They could obviously use a history lesson. What's the meaning of the phrase 'Cotton-pickin'? Other phrases with American origin 'Cotton-picking' ia an intensifier, used as a general term of disapproval. A substitute for the word 'damned' What's the origin of the phrase 'Cotton-picking'? It can come as as little surprise that the term 'cotton-picking' originated in the southern states of the USA, where it is usually pronounced cotton-pickin'. The expression began life in the late 1700s and differs from the 19th century Dixie term, 'cottonpicker', in that the latter was derogatory and racist, whereas 'cotton-picking' referred directly to the difficulty and harshness of gathering the crop. This didn't extend to the specific expression 'keep your cotton-picking hands off of me'. This no doubt alludes to the horny, calloused (and usually black) hands that picked cotton. Of course, 'cotton-picking' must have been in use as an English phrase for as long as English-speaking people have picked cotton - originally without any racial overtones. There are numerous citations of 'cotton-picking' seasons/jobs/machines etc. since the late 1700s. J & E Pettigrew's Letters has an early example, from 1795: 'One of the students was banished... for going to a cotton picking after eight at Knight.' Manual cotton picking was tough work. The southern expression 'cutting in high cotton', which means 'have it easy', refers to the relatively easy task of cutting cotton without having to bend down. Our folk memory of grizzled cowboys in Hollywood B-features 'fixin to run that cotton-picking greenhorn outta town' etc., might give us cause to think that the use of 'cotton-picking' as a figurative term originated in the 19th century wild west. In fact, it didn't, and it doesn't even seem to have been spoken in any of Hollywood's numerous early cowboy movies. It isn't until the 1940s that the term began to be used in any other context than that of the actual picking of cotton. The earliest such reference that I have found is in the Pennsylvania newspaper, The Daily Courier, November 1942: It's just about time some of our Northern meddlers started keeping their cotton-picking fingers out of the South's business. Where memory doesn't play tricks is in recalling the works of the sainted Bugs Bunny. While not originating the term, Bugs can claim to have done more to fix it into the language than the rest of rabbitkind, especially in its most often used form 'Wait just a cotton-picking minute'. There's an example in Bully for Bugs, 1953: "Just a cotton-pickin' minute, this don't look like the Coachella Valley to me!" The expression 'out of your cotton-picking mind' is no longer deemed an acceptable description of a black person in the USA. In April 2018 a white commentator (Brian Davis) said in a broadcast commentary of a basketball game that a black player (Russell Westbrook) was 'out of his cotton-picking mind'. The perceived racist connotations caused an uproar of protest. Davis, while claiming that the remark was unintentional, apologised, describing the comment as insensitive and a lapse of judgement. Davis was suspended from his position with the broadcaster. www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cotton-picking.html
Low man on totem poll) ( worst than a Chinese fire drill) I Jewed them down) old sayings but racist. . Black and used two of them frequently.. we do better when we know better. Also I'm part Indian.. Education is so important, no matter what color we are..
I love the way that student male student told her you don't supposed to say that and then he said and then I say who you think they said it to he is very professional he handled it very well 🧐
These kids are so brainwashed. Black kids can be disruptive in any way applicable, and get applauded for it. Utter nonsense. These low class 'citizens' should be put in their place. Btw a little white girl was just kidnapped in Farmington, taken to Detroit and raped by a big black guy last month. Talk about double standard. Where were the white protesters then?
@@dylantyt6654 Well a white man, kill this black lady he was dating and he cut her body, this crap happen all shade of people and anywhere in the world.
Like even if he was touching something he shouldn’t have, that doesn’t give you a right to be racist. As simple “hey don’t touch that please I shouldn’t have to say it more than once.” Would suffice. Like wtf.
That young man in the red jacket is wise and beyond his years. Hope he goes to do big things in his future and is able to help change lives for the better.
How about you stay in school, stop joining gangs, and quit having kids out of wedlock that other people have to pay for. You know, take responsibility for your own actions. That would go a long way to lessen racism.
“I probably shouldn’t have been touching that.” Bro u shouldn’t even think of what u did bro she’s literally being racist towards u, even if what u did was slightly wrong u don’t ever deserve that
@@thewiseguy3529 no that’s not what I meant, ofc u should take responsibility for things but him getting that said to him and him immediately feeling in the wrong shouldn’t be like that, ya he may have been doing something wrong but she had no right to go that far
@@TheRizzalante23 you're just not getting it! He understood why she was saying it even if it was wrong! He wasn't supposed to be touching! Go cuddle up get cozy find your coloring book
@@thewiseguy3529 no I get it lol. I’m just saying what she did was way over the top, compared to him touching something that she could’ve just asked him to stop touching… literally she just had to ask or even if she did yell she didn’t need to be racist
This is an expression my black grandma used to say. I actually never thought about it referring to slaves and cotton picking. Wow how times have changed.
It is such a sad state, that in this day and age racism still continues to permeate throughout this society. It is such a sad state that in this day and age the fight for equality, Justice and acceptance continues on. As such, Kudos to this young man and his classmates. They're peaceful and responsible response to this hatred was impeccable.
I’ve been hearing black folks, including in my family, use that phrase all my life. Teacher probably didn’t even mean anything by it and was just raised around both races that used it
“Responsible response to this hatred”..Hatred? Really? This sledgehammer response to what is just colloquial expressions phasing out gradually is what is offensive. There are millions of people who aren’t on the super alert, racist alarm tip that so many young people are that have no hate in their hearts but just need time to adjust their vocabulary from a lifetime of saying something that was considered innocuous for decades. Try some context before you continuously crucify people for their “hatred”. We’re getting there. Faster than you think. Maybe some more friendly conversations between generations about where we are vs. what was normal would be a lot more productive than instant protests and walk outs and calling people monsters because they said an outdated phrase.
It was a black teacher that said it. It is still racist and wrong, but I am not going to believe that she is an Uncle Ruckus to everyone of her own race for saying something one time. I think that the students of the school took this one thing a little too far.
No his not. He was touching something he shouldn't have been touching that she told him not to touch. You see how everybody is doing as they plz in the classroom. A teach spend half of there class time trying to get them to seat down and listen. So exactly why should the his parents proud. That there kid is being disrespect, not listening, he and others students had learned nothing that day. For a saying my black grandmother and mom said if you was touching something you wasn't not supposed to touch. So he learned if he cry like a 2 yr old he can get what he wants. So when he is grown and someone says something he doesn't like his not going to know how to handle like most of these 20 & 30 yr olds now and days. Look at them they can't take it. They break down for the smallest thing not all thankfully, but about 40 to 50% do.
@@QueenSorrow5150 he literally admitted that he was wrong in this video. Teenagers do stupid stuff but he has acknowledged that he was at fault that still does not mean that the teacher gets to hurl racial slurs at him. As an adult she should also know better
he literally admitted that he was wrong in this video, he may have been raised by a good "parent" but when the "parent" is not around the kid gets in trouble! you can hear all the kids in the room being little sh!ts like they are and she told he to stop her old ways. get over yourself he has been called the Nwork 1000+times nothing new he is just looking of meda fame
I absolutely don't give a damn we are living in the last days!!! and children are going to be disrespectful to parents and teachers so watch out! I don't feel sorry for the disobedient children because my 6th grade teacher who is Black used to say that to us all the time big deal get over it!!!
I wish people would get out of their feelings. Words are just words. If you choose to let them bother you then you need to grow up. Most people are not racist. My problem is that it keeps being thrown in our faces. Don't judge everyone by another's mistake. Ain't nobody alive that was a slave and picked cotton. If you come down to it if you work a job you are a slave to that job and that boss. If we get called crackers is that not racist? How about white trailer trash? Just because I live in a trailer doesn't mean I'm trash or a crackhead. I'm tired of the finger pointing and judgement. If anyone deserves to be angry it's the American Indians. They were here long before we were in this country. If people would quit living in the past and concentrate on the future things would be better. Let all the gang bangers whether white, black, green or purple kill each other off then your normal everyday people could get along. The government is sitting back laughing because they keep alot of these things stirred up. If you believe otherwise then you're stupid. Our country and the racial unrest is mostly their fault. They want us hating each other. People can't stand together if they are continually divided. I would dare say most of us white people aren't racist. It amazes me how a certain race can do something with no consequences but another race does the same thing and they are judged and hung out to dry. I don't understand so many things that go on in this world. We are all just puppets in a bigger plan. Please Lord come get us out of this crazy place.
It means rough hands and grabbing with your fingers. Has nothing to do with racism. Just because it has something to do with cotton does not make the origins racist. More than black people picked cotton. If you were a cotton picker did not mean you were black. Now thinking that is racist.
I grew up hearing that saying also and I never knew the history of it until about 20 years ago. It’s one of those things you never think about until somebody brings it to your attention.
The teacher did not mean no harm, it blowing out of perportion , l am black and l use to use that term as joking around, but l can understand how it can offend a person, but the teacher was careless with choice of words, she did not mean no harm.
I’m black I don’t say that it’s offensive to a group of people!!! She thought she was going to get away with saying it no telling what else she would say if she said that!!!
I am Black & we used that phrase all the time as kids. Had no idea it was related to slavery. I'm sure it was the same with her. I am quite sure she did not realize it was a racist statement. I thought nothing of Aunt Jamama syrup and Uncle Ben's rice. But now, those brands are gone. Unfortunately, this teacher is now about to lose her job & career over a statement in which she meant no harm and did not realize it was racist related, as with Aunt Jimama & Uncle Ben, until now. #BlownOutofPorportion.
Wow unbelievable. It's just an saying ?? You could tell them kids ain't give a shit about the issue! They just used that to get out of school. Run around and scream 🤦♂️
I feel so sorry for this teacher she probably grew up hearing this said to her many times while she was doing something wrong and never in her life assumed it would be taken this way. I remember hearing it said to me and even hearing older people say “you are getting on my cotton pickin nerves”, it was used to express exasperation instead of using cuss words and not as something racist, now this has happened. At the most this could have been a learning moment for both and the non racist aspects of this saying addressed since to be honest I never heard it used except against entitled white kids who came to class acting like they could get away with anything they wanted and a learning moment for her by explaining how some people today with view it differently bc they really don’t know any better so should just not be used to begin with. I mean seriously we have plenty of examples of very real racism without having to dig any up and now ruining her life
This was used all the time as a substitute for swearing. "Just a cotton pickin' minute" is another one that was used- not being directed at anyone. I don't think anyone who used it even realized what it meant.
@@ddss3042 it makes me wonder what they are going to do when they get their way and no one speaks to each other for fear of being rounded up by the word police.
@@tomdecuca3627 You know that's never going to happen. So why can all these other people see that this is racist, Just because it was widely used means absolutely nothing and you were also I'm assuming a child so the meaning didn't even cross your mind. You even said not said to anyone she said that to a student who is also black.
I was working with a friend of mine!! He is African American. Innocently!!!! I offered him a grape Gatorade because I saw he had nothing to drink that day! He more than me! laughed about it!! I had no idea!! None!!!!!! He introduced me for the first time in my life! To racism. Or at least the echo of it! I apologized profusely! That being said!! It's a drink! I never in my life would have perceived it any other way until that day!! What hurt me the most! Was the folks who understood! The ones who laughed out loud! It made me want to hit them! Because they wrapped me up in their horridness! 100% I had a grape Gatorade and a green apple one! I like green apple better! Never new this existed. I thank my parents for raising me right!!
Because ur not racist. Only racist people automatically perceive something as such. Fruit of the loom...cotton....our clothes are racist....?? Dont ever let someone say you are doing are being something you know your are not.
In 2022 especially saying that to a person that is black… You don’t think people would assume it’s referring to slavery? Old sayings like that are generally racist southern lingo from back in the day in origin. Her using jargon like that in a classroom environment is moronic.
@@trevor2779 From many comments I’ve seen on this thread, they don’t refer to black people at all. Countless stories on here, if you care to look, of white Southern families picking cotton, and both white and black families using the phrase. The teacher herself was also black. You’ve been drawn into a drama that has very little basis in reality. Time to inject some rationality and sanity back into our woke society.
These kids have never worked a day in their life.. I've actually picked cotton.. it's terrible. What she said was comically inaccurate as well as ostensibly racist.
I applaud this young black man and all of the students for uniting and putting a great message out in the face of adversity. Also good to see the superintendent be proactive in getting rid of the ignorant substitute
At the start of this video the kid says "I probably shouldn't have been doing it"... No honey, nothing you do could ever make you deserve to be treated with hate and racism... This really breaks my heart. Good that the kids won't stand for it.
He totally brought it upon himself though that teacher said an ugly remark which she regretted the instant she said it. That kid had every intention of doing what he did plus he really knows his audience. Besides his white and other non-Black classmates wanted out of class and he just so happened to have given them the perfect excuse.
Dang I Had a woman yell at me “are you out of your cotton pickin mind!?” When I was skating down a parking lot ramp at a mall by my house (yes I should not have done this but I was 15). I’m not black but iam a brown skinned Hawaiian and I remember thinking to myself what a weird thing that was for her to say… I had no idea it was racist language.
Actually, I know it's an old saying. My boss is 91 years old. He is from SC and obviously suffered all kinds of racism and he always says cotton picking. He will say, where is that cotton picking book etc.
You know I was born in the south and I've heard that expression so many times but never even realized what the meaning was. It's probably because I am white and when I was a kid we had to get out in the fields and pick cotton ourselves so I never associated it as being a racist comment but I can see how it would be taken that way and what an ugly thing to say to someone.
My mind was just blown by the title- this phrase was sleeping in the back of my head and I never ever linked it- I never used it. 🥺🤮😩 This sh-t runs deep.
He sounded so SWEET when he told her, 'You CAN'T say that! " And, "I hope she finds some LOVE in her heart...".. I LOVE him!!... MUCH SUCCESS IN LIFE to you, young man...💯💞⚘🙏🏻🌏
@Pepe Lepew hes black, put it together and use context clues, "how will that make a black person feel?". Stop giving people the benefit of the doubt and recognize microagressions.
@Pepe Lepew As he responded when she said, cotton pickin' hands..." At the time the PHRASE was created- JUST WHOSE HANDS DO YOU THINK WERE PICKING THE COTTON?.. That's how GENOCIDES begin- NO ONE speaks out... Take care and stay safe- and think about the WORST that could happen to YOUR loved ones...💞🙏🏻⚘💯🔥🌏
It’s awful to hear that there is still people out there even after 2020 still talking like that! My grandparents were cotton pickers when they were children and as they were growing up and to hear people still being awful, hateful, and to a kid with no shame at all… Despite all of that I am so proud of this kid speaking up, being gracious, and loving no matter what. That truly shows his character.
@Derick Robertson my white grandmother picked cotton... white ppl picked cotton too, especially poor whites. Its a slur against not only blacks but poor "white trash" as well.
