[gitmo]

... their key chain had the phrase “jungle fever” written on one side. The phrase is a racial slur for an interracial couple.

I did not know that.

[GeronL]

I thought “Jungle Fever” was a song?

[CincyRichieRich]

... their key chain had the phrase “jungle fever” written on one side. The phrase is a racial slur for an interracial couple.

I did not know that.

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Jungle Fever = “you can’t possibly love that person, it can only be that you are together for the taboo thrill of sex with a person of another race...especially black and white”

Yes, a slur and insulting.

Like I said, most whites don’t know what it means, however, blacks are usually the ones who use the term - and derogatorily.