WHY did Obama invoke the derogative term "Pookie?"

The term seems to refer to a lovable, but lazy and good for nothing black man.

I really do not understand why he would do this, UNLESS he thought some of his potential supporters would like it (i.e. he was PLAYING THE RACE CARD).


Obama supporters, if you have an opposing views, please elaborate.

Hillary called Obama young..and they shit their pants...

...would it be better if he used the nickname "Scooter?"

I guess Garfield is a closet racist. You Hillaryites are hilarious. :rofl:

I have never heard it used as a derogatory term.

MOST everything I find says it's a term of endearment:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pookie

...although their are references to methamphetimine smoking and a Malay/Tagalog? word for vagina.

If it's a racial term, I can guarantee she never would have used it in my brother's house.

What makes you think it is? And...what did Obama say?

I've not once heard it used as a racial term. I have heard used as a term of endearment, though.

This place sucks harder than it's ever sucked before.

Pooky
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pooky or Pookie may refer to:

A term of endearment, usually said by a parent to a child, appearing in the late 1940's.
A hand puppet (Pookie the Lion) on the Soupy Sales television show.
The Sterile Cuckoo, a 1969 film released in the UK as Pookie.
Pookie (vehicle), a Rhodesian mine-detecting vehicle.
Pooky (character), the teddy bear belonging to the cat Garfield in the comic strip Garfield
Pookie (rabbit) lead character in popular children's stories by Ivy Wallace
Pooky Night, an alternate name for Halloween in some parts of Ireland.
"Pookie" was the nickname given to the main character (Lawrence Gurdo) in the 2007 film "The Purple Eagle Battalion". In this movie the Pookie loves sheep and has a strange fascination with babies. See also: Pocky.
Pookie (hamster) is an infamous Chinese Dwarf Hamster currently living in Pennsylvania. He holds the record for shortest tail in Chinese Dwarfs.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooky

:rofl::wtf::rofl:

I'm relieved to know I wasn't unwittingly insulting African Americans. :eyes:

do i have to wash her mouth out with soap when she says it or something?

But for those not in the know, the question remains: Who is this Pookie?

<snip>

"Pookie means a whole lot of different things; none of them are good,'' said Kevin Gray, a South Carolina writer and activist. "Pookie's always the foil.''

To linguist and writer John McWhorter, Pookie is the kind of ghetto character played by Cedric the Entertainer or Chris Tucker in one of those "Barbershop'' or "Friday'' movies. In the 1960s and '70s, he would have gone by Leroy, Tyrone or Otis.

<snip>

"It's a real strong use of language,'' said Bakari Kitwana, the hip-hop writer, lecturer and activist. In dropping Pookie's name, Obama is signaling to those who question his blackness — because his mother was white and his father an African without slave ancestry — that he is not an outsider to black life.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4210142

http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2007/03/can-pookie-nay-nay-get-some-love.html

Race bating. They have been grasping at straws to try to even it up.

When Senator Obama wins SC He should make a strong statement on how his win proves that negative campaigning, as done by the Clinton play book, turns votes against you. This was shown by Edwards rise in the polls.

imo

It's not a racist epithet, even according to the article you cited. In the context of Obama's remarks, Pookie is that relative who can't be bothered to vote. He's saying get everybody out, even Pookie.

in a loving way.

is a female body part or a turtle?

(It sure is hard to keep track)

lol

Aside from the brilliance of this thread, I'm going to enjoy the smackdown coming your way. :thumbsup:

thread. Another masterpiece of doggy doo.

snifa, didn't Barack call Hillary a Punja, an indian word for a form of insult???

Some of you people will try to make an issue out of anything. There was nothing racial or demeaning with what he said. It is total ignorance to try and make an issue of this.


I can't believe some of you. I think we deserve to lose this election.

The Democratic Party just jumped the shark.

she'd be accused of tricking the other side into playing the race card in a stupid self destructive way.

the wrong crowd. Inside jokes only work if you are an insider.

I've always heard it used affectionately. The slang websites I've looked at so far agree. Where do you get your derogatory definition?

it when it is directed at Barak.

It is stupid and a waste of time. It's divise and a Repubs wet dream.

It is shameful.

I don't see what the big deal is

As in, adult voting aged people named Pookie?

I have a 68 year old female cousin we have always called Pookie, and several cousins we call Ray-Ray.



Peace:thumbsup:

My cousin Pookie's real name is Paula.

I can't believe this OP,I can't believe that I am reading it at DU.

Even Morning Joe is better than this "discussion."

believing your own PR - dangerous

...I am asked if she did "pookie"? Does that help?

:rofl:

would`t the world be a better place if we all had a 6ft 31/2inch rabbit?

:hi:

a simple google search would have saved you from your embarrassment

off to the charity shop to do my weekly shopping...

My god. Win on your own damn merits on the issues!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've called my husband Pookie for years. I didn't even know there was some sort of a race connotation! Unbelieveable.

disgusting immature tactics that don't beling in a democracy!

one is not burdened with guilt.

and it better not be sugar tits

it with race. Pookie sounds endearing to me.

when speaking to my pets or children. If you've seen the movie Victor, Victoria, the Leslie Warner character calls the James Garner character "Pookie."

It is not a derogatory term at all. Don't know why you're trying to falsely make it so. It is a term of endearment.

Yep, that's how I've always heard it used.

Also, the term "honey-bunny" means a lovable but miserly Jew who controls the media.

:eyes:

thanks for that, pookie honey bunny.

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

the lovable but alcoholic Irishman who smuggles guns into the country.

when she was a baby. And then I said it, and lately I've been calling my kitten "Snookums"...I'm SO ashamed! I'm calling my mom RIGHT f'ing NOW!

The OP actually says more about him or herself than about Obama, indeed.

I'm surprised the term "shiftless" didn't come up. :rofl:

There is absolutely no racial connotation to the work "pookie".

Pookie I rather like it when my husband calls me that.

I never heard it used as a derogatory term referring to a lovable, but lazy and good for nothing black man. That is news to me. I've always known it as a nickname and nothing else. Where did you get your information? Me thinks you are highly misinformed.

So I'm NOT sure where you are getting your info to come up with this OP.

But thanks for trying once more to do your best to divide the Democratic party. Keep it up.

We have reached a new LOW at DU with this post.

If I read this right, it is an Obama nickname?

Might be a smart move. The right wing tries to smear Black men with the "fear the Black man" big lie. So, making Obama seem like a friendly kind of guy---you know, like Barney the Dinosaur, someone who is there for you, big and reassuring and competent but not scary--is not a bad thing at all. He has your back but he would never stab you in the back.

I would vote for a guy named Pookie.

"The term seems to refer to a lovable, but lazy and good for nothing black man"

I am in SHOCK - ROCK!

# 1 - Cousin Pookie is a female. I have a cousin POOKIE and she is not lazy nor is SHE "good for nothing."

I am in my 60's and I have met many ladies with the nick name Pookie.

It is not POKEie it is POOK(rhymes with BOOK)ie. And even if it was POKEie that would not have to mean that he was " good for nothing."

I'm sure someplace, somewhere there is a BLACK MAN with the nickname POOKIE. There may also be a WHITE MAN named Pookie.

I am African American, with a Cousin named Pookie and I have never met a "good for nothing" anybody named Pookie.

I have met a GOOD FOR NOTHING White Man named GEORGE, BUSH!

If OBAMA had said, "Go call Cousin George" that would be OK I suppose in your view.

Your post is insulting!

I will however email it to all of my relatives and friends and remind them to call all their Cousins and everyone to work the phone banks in SC and get out the vote for Cousin BARACK!

Thanks for motivating me today!

This is silly.

but again this is DU.

Only it's Pookie and Nay-Nay.
http://www.gotoquiz.com/how_ghetto_are_you
Also, urban dictionary has lots of definitions for Pookie.
Apparently, Pookie can be a lot of things.

white persuasion, and ghetto free. Too funny

I think it was the Kool-aid questions that gave me my measly three points. haha

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:hi:

:shrug:

Oh please, dude, you need to lighten up and take a joke. Relax, get off the internets for awhile.

nothing like amusing ourselves with slang language.

who happens to be a female.



Peace:thumbsup: