Posted on 04/05/2021 12:10:03 PM PDT by Red Badger
Super Bowl champion Carlton Davis is in hot water for tweeting out a VERY offensive Asian slur -- though Davis claims he didn't know the "dark" history behind the word.
"Gotta stop letting g***s in Miami," the Tampa Bay Bucs cornerback posted on Sunday evening in a since-deleted tweet.
Obviously, the tweet went viral and people couldn't believe an NFL player would hurl such an offensive word around so casually.
Davis initially offered an explanation -- and actually had the balls to attack the media for criticizing him in the first place.
The 24-year-old posted a screenshot from the Urban Dictionary definition of the word (which, conveniently, wasn't even the top definition).
"A term commonaly [sic] used in South Florida to describe a person who is Lame. Synonym for Lame, wack, Fool or Stupid."
Davis added, "I would never offend any group of people. You reporters can look for another story to blow up. The term was directed towards a producer claiming he 'ran Miami.' With that being said I'll retire that word from my vocabulary giving the hard times our Asian family are enduring."
Just minutes later, Davis was changing his tune in another statement.
"I used a term that from where I come from has always meant 'lame' but I did not realize it has a much darker, negative connotation. I have learned a valuable lesson and want to apologize to anyone that was offended by seeing that word because we need to focus on helping each other during these tough times."
FYI, the g-word is an incredibly offensive anti-Asian slur that's been around for decades. It was widely used by American soldiers against Koreans and Vietnamese people during military conflicts.
Ans since Davis is into using definitions ... how about this one from Merriam-Webster.com:
"offensive -- used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a nonwhite, non-American person and especially for an Asian person."
No word if the NFL plans to take action.
Davis was a 2nd-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and had a pretty solid 2020 season ... logging 68 tackles and 4 interceptions during the Bucs' championship run.
>>Seems the wars develop a lot of terms for their adversaries. It’s not always racial either. WW2 gave us Kraut, WOP, Heinie, Fritz, Hans, Jerry, nip, Japs, and yes the G00k word, russkie, ivan.
The military has a rich history in naming conventions for those they fought.<<
The only ones NOT allowed today are the ones that pertain to non-whites. People can call me a Mick and no one will even blink.
It’s gook. Which came from a normal Korean word. Koreans call themselves that in a few forms.
I had to Google it; then I was like ‘oh yeah’.
Now I’m on Google’s list, I’m sure.
Wait - “gays” is racist!?
A buddy who’s a Korean war vet told me the Korean people would exclaim “Miguk” (which is their word for America or American) when they’d see GIs, and the GIs thought the Koreans were saying “Me...Gook!”, and so naturally, being GIs they took to calling the Koreans “Gooks”...
Anyway, that’s one version of how the word got started...Miguk or Migook is a phonetic spelling for Korean version of the Chinese word Mei-guo, which means “beautiful country”...
Or, so I’m told...
Hmm - Hankook Tires? (I thought it might mean “open Country” or something. I searched and found that Hankook means “Korean” - so Korean Tire Company).
I REMEMBER WHEN THE AXIOM WAS “STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES, BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HARM ME!”
WHAT THE F**K HAPPENED TO THAT ONE?
ASIDE FROM DERANGED DEMOCRAT DOES ANYONE GIVE A F****G F**K?
I’M SURE THE ****’S KEEP EVERYONE IGNORANT OF THE WORDS I USED.
I AM SO SICK OF THIS MASS INSANITY!
**** ‘EM ALL!
Dad said that word all the time. Of course, he was a chopper pilot in Vietnam.
I knew a World War II Marine who fought in the Central Pacific. He told me that the Marines called the native people on those islands by the g**k word.
Did you ever see the Clint Eastwood movie “Gran Turino”?
After that movie came out I started hearing black people and others referring to Chinese food as “g**k food. Clint Eastwood is going to be in big trouble.
There was a time when saying ‘There is a little nip in the air’ had a completely different meaning.
Think Carlin and his hippy dippy weatherman explaining
a Canadian low is not to be confused with a Mexican high
This shithead isn’t as big of a star as is Durant.
I’m sure the Hankook there means Korean.
Korean has some sounds that we Westerners can’t hear or pronounce very well. Also some letters have multiple pronunciations.
Sometimes the “k” sound sounds like “k,” sometimes it sounds like “g.”
“p” can sound like “b” or “p.” Busan and Pusan. Sometimes “p” can also sound like “m,” and vice versa. A Korean word for “I’m sorry” is “miyannaeyo.” But I swear a lot of the time I hear “biyannaeyo.” Thank you is written “kamsahapnida,” but is pronounced “kamsahamnida.”
“r” can sound like “r” or “l” or a blend of the two letters, depending upon the word.
Sometimes “s” sounds like “t.”
Sometimes “ri” sounds almost like “wi.”
There are others.
You know, I was thinking that might be the case. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
I guess that’s going to put a chink in his reputation.
“Davis claims he didn’t know the “dark” history behind the word”
Bet this dumba— wouldn’t accept that excuse if someone used the N word. The guy has zero grey matter between his ears.
Wypipo jes doan unnastan.
Gooks!!!
"groks"? As in, 'to underStAnd the un-underStAndible?'
I joke, I kid.
Didn’t John McInsane use the term gook?? Do we get to cancel him?
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