News anchors calls Lady Gaga's music "Jiggaboo Music"
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lol @ this... chick will get dealt with by the company regardless.... Gaga killed it, tho. She's a real talent.
She's Italian
Thats the thing, out of all hte random words she might not know the full meaning of, she happens to randomly pick jiggaboo to describe her being drowned out by a black choir? Get the fukk out of here!Use terms your not familiar with on TV breh
I picked it up from sohh and the coli and i'm sure it's used on instagram too. alwayss thought it meant ignorant music and shucking and jivin for the white man. like people called jay-z' music jiggaboo music at one point.
i'm black and in my late 20's. she probably picked it up from the internet....I always based the definition off of context of these forums...no idea of some dictionary definition. now i'm curious to look it up.
everyone is offended now i days. if old boy grabbed her arm and pointed finger in her face he'd be labeled abuse of women. white women got a free pass to be racist against black men in general because their a female and society says a man has to take crap from them.
HOLY fukkING shytI swear this came to mind when i watched it first..
Hes thinking... this cracka just did this to her career
I'm glad he's alive so I can laugh at this
BREH DID A fukkING FRONT FLIP
the person driving the car who his them is a fukking idiot tooWhy would you:
- stop in da middle of a busy highway.
- get out of ya car
- walk around casually without your eyes wide open & head on a swivel.
Buddy wasnt eam fukkin payin attention...at all.
you see people in front of you slowing down, and they just switched lanes completely oblivious to anything
CACarot
Where is Princess Fajita
I honestly feel like she didn't do it on purpose. I think she has heard the word before but never really spent time to figure out what it meant or history behind it. I mean Why would she choose to say it twice on air if she knew it was an offensive word. I know we want to condemn all whitey or non black people for any indiscretion, but I think this is more of an error she was unaware of. I mean in this day and age you would have to be either completely brazen and cocky to say this on air and think nothing happens sitting right next to your black co worker or honestly not know what it truly means. I believe the latter.
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you're a cac. of course you would give her the benefit of the doubt. i'm sure in your mind racism is a thing of the past...
That person is lying. I watch Capel on TV everyday and she has never said anything racial before. The woman simply used a word she didn't know that meaning of.
On today's show she apologized again and her co-anchor Wayne Dawson vouched for her and said he knows she is not a racist person and that he supports her.
If her co-anchor Wayne Dawson can forgive her, we all must forgive her.
http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/in...iewers_for_using_racially_offensive_term.html
Kristi Capel apologizes to viewers for using racially offensive term
Kristi Capel dropping a racially insensitive term during Monday morning's Oscar chat with Wayne Dawson on WJW Channel's morning newscast. (WJW Channel 8)
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By Mark Dawidziak, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer
on February 24, 2015 at 7:53 AM, updated February 24, 2015 at 10:49 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Morning news anchor Kristi Capel apologized to WJW Channel 8 viewers Tuesday for using a racially offensive term during a Monday morning Oscar discussion with Wayne Dawson. Capel made national headlines and set the Internet buzzing by using the word "jigaboo," a derogatory term for African-Americans, while praising Lady Gaga's performance at the Academy Awards.
"I just want to take a moment to address a comment that I made yesterday that got a lot of attention," Capel said at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday. "It's important for me to let you know that I deeply regret my insensitive comment. And I truly did not know the meaning of the word and would never intentionally use such hurtful language."
Lady Gaga performed a 50th anniversary tribute to "The Sound of Music" during Sunday night's 87th Academy Awards ceremony. Capel was speaking of the performance in laudatory terms when she used "jigaboo" to describe the musical arrangements.
It ignited a firestorm on Twitter, Facebook and in the comments section of posted stories about the incident. The response was immediate and continued throughout the day.
"I sincerely apologize for using that language and promise to learn from this, and I hope you will give me that chance," Capel said Tuesday morning.
Dawson, her co-anchor, seemed to raise a dubious eyebrow when Capel used the term Monday morning, but he did not say anything to draw notice to its on-air use.
"You know, it's just one of those unfortunate things that happen," Dawson said after Capel's Tuesday apology. "It happens to everybody. I've been working with you for three years, so I think I know your heart. And I know you didn't mean it."
Sources at Channel 8 say that Dawson, a licensed minister, approached station executives yesterday, wanting to make a statement publicly supporting Capel.
"And I also know your family," Dawson said. "You and your whole family came to my ordination . . . And you all had a great time. So I know you didn't mean it. So my thing is that you learn from it, you move on. It's time to forgive and move on. My prayer is that our viewers forgive and move on because she's a good girl. She really, really is. And I know you wouldn't say anything like that knowing, but things happen.''
Capel took to Twitter and Facebook Monday to plead ignorance, saying she "truly did not know the meaning of the word, and would never intentionally use such hurtful language."
Channel 8's news director, Andy Fishman, told The Plain Dealer Monday, "We've spoken to her about this, and we're confident it won't happen again." The station, a Fox affiliate owned by Tribune Media Group, quickly decided to keep Capel on the air.
The overall tone of Tuesday's morning newscast was more subdued than usual for the co-anchors. There was less of the usual good-natured bantering leading up to the apology.
"Still my partner," Dawson told Capel after the on-air apology.
"I love you," Capel said in response to Dawson's statement of support. "Thanks, Wayne."
An hour after the apology, Channel 8 estimated that response to the station was running 90 percent positive.
"She does feel horrible about this," Fishman said Monday. "It's not who she is."
Capel grew up in Kentucky, but she does have some Northeast Ohio connections. Her father grew up in Bedford and is a Bedford High School graduate. She joined Channel 8 in 2011, becoming the morning co-anchor in 2012.
http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/in...iewers_for_using_racially_offensive_term.html
Kristi Capel apologizes to viewers for using racially offensive term
Kristi Capel dropping a racially insensitive term during Monday morning's Oscar chat with Wayne Dawson on WJW Channel's morning newscast. (WJW Channel 8)
By Mark Dawidziak, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealeron February 24, 2015 at 7:53 AM, updated February 24, 2015 at 10:49 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Morning news anchor Kristi Capel apologized to WJW Channel 8 viewers Tuesday for using a racially offensive term during a Monday morning Oscar discussion with Wayne Dawson. Capel made national headlines and set the Internet buzzing by using the word "jigaboo," a derogatory term for African-Americans, while praising Lady Gaga's performance at the Academy Awards.
"I just want to take a moment to address a comment that I made yesterday that got a lot of attention," Capel said at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday. "It's important for me to let you know that I deeply regret my insensitive comment. And I truly did not know the meaning of the word and would never intentionally use such hurtful language."
Lady Gaga performed a 50th anniversary tribute to "The Sound of Music" during Sunday night's 87th Academy Awards ceremony. Capel was speaking of the performance in laudatory terms when she used "jigaboo" to describe the musical arrangements.
It ignited a firestorm on Twitter, Facebook and in the comments section of posted stories about the incident. The response was immediate and continued throughout the day.
"I sincerely apologize for using that language and promise to learn from this, and I hope you will give me that chance," Capel said Tuesday morning.
Dawson, her co-anchor, seemed to raise a dubious eyebrow when Capel used the term Monday morning, but he did not say anything to draw notice to its on-air use.
"You know, it's just one of those unfortunate things that happen," Dawson said after Capel's Tuesday apology. "It happens to everybody. I've been working with you for three years, so I think I know your heart. And I know you didn't mean it."
Sources at Channel 8 say that Dawson, a licensed minister, approached station executives yesterday, wanting to make a statement publicly supporting Capel.
"And I also know your family," Dawson said. "You and your whole family came to my ordination . . . And you all had a great time. So I know you didn't mean it. So my thing is that you learn from it, you move on. It's time to forgive and move on. My prayer is that our viewers forgive and move on because she's a good girl. She really, really is. And I know you wouldn't say anything like that knowing, but things happen.''
Capel took to Twitter and Facebook Monday to plead ignorance, saying she "truly did not know the meaning of the word, and would never intentionally use such hurtful language."
Channel 8's news director, Andy Fishman, told The Plain Dealer Monday, "We've spoken to her about this, and we're confident it won't happen again." The station, a Fox affiliate owned by Tribune Media Group, quickly decided to keep Capel on the air.
The overall tone of Tuesday's morning newscast was more subdued than usual for the co-anchors. There was less of the usual good-natured bantering leading up to the apology.
"Still my partner," Dawson told Capel after the on-air apology.
"I love you," Capel said in response to Dawson's statement of support. "Thanks, Wayne."
An hour after the apology, Channel 8 estimated that response to the station was running 90 percent positive.
"She does feel horrible about this," Fishman said Monday. "It's not who she is."
Capel grew up in Kentucky, but she does have some Northeast Ohio connections. Her father grew up in Bedford and is a Bedford High School graduate. She joined Channel 8 in 2011, becoming the morning co-anchor in 2012.