She probably picked it up from an old Disney cartoon. Or it was some type of term of endearment used with little kids in her family. It is a very cute sounding word. After watching the video it was quite obvious that she meant no disrespect to anyone. Why is it that any word that is associated with black people cannot be used.
My wife grew up with a black house keeper, she always called her mom and dad and the kids crackers, pork chops, whitey, white bread, and a half dozen other terms that no one cares about. Jigaboo was one of the least derogatory terms they called her and also their next door neighbor who was also black. Her dad did all the maintenance on their cars. She did housework because my wife’s mom had some medical problems. My wife said one time the house keeper wore a bright green dress to church and her dad told her with that dress on you look like a giant pile of coal in a lettuce patch. She laughed so hard that she fell to the ground.
That still is funny, down-home type of funny.”A giant pile of coal in a lettuce patch!”
He knew she would take his remark the right way.
Some women have great senses of humor, even about clothes.
We had black housekeepers when I was a kid, and everyone the blacks included had thicker skin 50 years back.
Lots of things we said to each other that today would be considered hate speech, I guess. When our parents were gone out we cussed each other out, literally.
Housekeepers hated us. Pretty funny.