Butt naked is a phrase I first heard black folks saying and I found it quite funny, because I had heard buck naked my entire life. But I also had heard the term "big, black buck" because I grew up in a former slave state and I knew the derivation of that term as well.
"Butt naked" is how I heard it when I first moved to the U.S. in my early teens and didn't know there was a different version until just a few years ago.
Nobody today is using the term “buck naked” to talk about slaves, so getting butt hurt because the phrase had origins in the slavery period is just you being petty.
@@StockyDude just because you personally change the meaning in your head, or want to feel different doesn't mean the defined word becomes different lmao. you just don't want to have to feel bad so you snowflakes warp reality to suit your mental needs... that's substantially more petty than what you're talking about frfr
@@MekeninzoUG Yes, and why were these words changed? would you like to elaborate or should I? using the factual statement that I just used in the comment you're responding to? and doesn't mean you can do it for every word and the definition doesn't change! gay still means happy! people just use gay to denote "Homosexuality" now we don't know where it comes from? you're just being disingenuous now... that's cute!
i have a friend in prison who works 2 jobs but still can't earn enough for basic supplies. He gets about a few dollars a day for hard work. It's slavery.
Most folk live to be /behave ignorant, as well as have no problem gravitating towards the worst of the worst! As how do you explain folk (in 2024) being worse than those in the past. It’s like, instead of them being repulsed by what they heard took place in the past, they run to it.
Foreigner here. The numbers saying they thought it was butt naked shock me. I always knew the expression as buck naked but didn't know the derivation. Thank you for the enlightenment. For everyone's comfort and enjoyment, I am not stark naked.
Thank you for the information. I use this term often and even have the nerve to be annoyed when people say, "Butt naked", instead of buck naked! I learned that it came from the phrase for a male deer being beautiful and muscular, making women say, "Wow, I'd like to see him buck naked!". I will not continue to use this phrase. Naked is just fine.
I feel like i knew this but no idea how or why? Certainly no one around me would have taught me this but at any rate I am glad to have Push Black to help re-educate me about things I only vaguely or fully never knew or understood. It makes me so crazy that so many think it's better to not speak of this history. BUT IT IS OUR SHARED AMERICAN HISTORY AND WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS IF WE CANNOT EVEN LOOK AT IT FOR WHAT IT IS AND HAS BEEN. The lack of information and context harms all Americans because it makes us all ignorant & blind. Thank you for what you are doing to make strides in this area!
Buck breaking is the homosexual rape of a man. That's mostly a myth. Homophobia was even more extreme during those times and there's no evidence that any such thing occurred. Even slave owners would be in trouble for that. They would be branded as gay.
Crime levels have gone down by about 70 percent since the 1980s but America's incarceration rate has risen from 2200 (per million) in 1980 to 5300 today. Perhaps that's because prisons are a business in your country, they're built and run by private enterprises. And businesses find ways to grow over time. All countries make prisoners work but in most cases the intent is to help them attain skills and to avoid idleness. I've read some old (pre-war) Japanese stories set in prisons. In those, inmates were made to produce paper balloons and lanterns because most of them were ignorant hoodlums with no work experience. Papercraft was simple, play-like, made them work as a unit. Good for morale. The products were marketed but I doubt anyone made a profit from them.
It's not just prisons run by private enterprise, it's private enterprise getting exclusive contracts to supply them, phone service, mail service, canteen "stores", and cheap labor for manufacturers and general labor. It's a scam.
Texas in 1994 had 15 prisons. It has 150 today. With the crime rate going down like you mentioned, and looking at the other states with similar prison growth it makes you wonder what are these men and women in prison for?
Giving people work to avoid idleness and teach skills are both good things. That work might even turn into a proud moment and better mental health for the prisoner. It’s the involuntary servitude, unjust pay, poor safety standards, and little to no way to report these issues that is the problem. Prison work just turned into Slavery+. A free society should have no place for slavery.
I seriously wondered what deer (male deer are called bucks for those who don't know) had to do with being naked for decades. Thank you for clearing that up.
I did not know this term was derived from a dehumanizing slave term. I grew up with “buck” naked, but heard some others used “butt” naked. It’s good that it was easy to formulate a non-demeaning version.
Wow. It's not a phrase i use, but as a clothing-optional person (or "nudist" if you will), this disturbs me in all the needed ways! May I share a link to this?
Not so young sista..go to the gates of Huldah and Truthunedited you will learn the Truth of Who we are and the definition of that word. Be of Good Cheer...slavery was our punishment, not where we come from, Shalom Mispacha 🙌🏾🙌🏾
I’ve never said “BUCK naked” because it never made sense to me. I’ve always said “BUTT naked” because it made sense that butt naked meant your butt was naked. 🤣
A friend once gave me a “funny” card with 2 old white ladies on the cover and it said “is it Butt Naked or Buck Naked?” And the inside said something like “these are the questions I go to you for” - now knowing what it really means, the card bothers me. Thank you for sharing the truth✌🏻
I agree with you 100% that the correct way to teach history is to use the truth about how Black Americans were treated. The far right in America doesn’t want the truth to be known about the treatment of Black Americans. Vote Blue to help correct this issue.💙💙💙
@timberwolfproductions- it does. Bull applies to Elk, cattle, elephants, whales, etc. I guess it’s a matter of who’s making the definitions. Isn’t it interesting how MAGA is still to this day trying to define people?
Buck means total. For example, if I gave you 15 bucks. I gave you 15 total dollars or 15 single bills if you will. Buck naked means totally naked. The terms buck naked comes about around the 1900s not the 1800s...
The term Buck was applied to all male enslaved people, and the term Wench was applied to females, and neither was a conscious epithet. It was no more so than the terms Colt or Pup or Cub. Insults are not issued to animals, and in the American system of chattel slavery, the enslaved were not considered Human, they were regarded as Livestock. Until about the age of 40, the males were addressed as “Boy”, after that age, they were “Uncle”. Similarly, the women were addressed as “Gal”, and after full maturity, they were called “Aunt”. These were deliberately demeaning, and intended for continued subjugation. It’s been stated that they were only considered 2/3 of a Human Being. But that was purely in regard to legislative and economic representation of the slave “owners”, it had absolutely nothing to do with the status of the enslaved people themselves. That was a sick, inhuman and inhumane chapter in American history, and the facts that I post here only make it worse. The thought that the same spirit that allowed that horror still exists in this country is galling and nauseating.
Being buck naked is a phrase used for .... underdressed and unrefined males. I don't need to search for old use terms for females as they are still common in everyday language. Anyone improperly dressed and poorly raised according to a certain set of social standards and who also fullfills the proper male role may be refered to this way regardless of the color of their pelt. I am all for no longer using words of hate and enslavement, I have yet to find a language or gender expression that isn't overloaded with them. I am resigned to be constantly misundestood and misinterpreted by those who wish to insult rather than communicate with me.
@@PushBlack I am finding your content helpful. I have found the answers to some confusion by comparing law enforcement human elements terms. Have the most difficulty granting humanhood to certain professions. Anyway... Why do you think the term for an unidentified object in their care is called a John Doe?
That's really interesting. It's only a term I've heard on TV or in books. It makes sense in the context of slavery, because black men were called 'bucks' by the enslavers as if they were animals
So what is the black community doing about its incarceration rates? Blaming slavery? Is this your argument? I would hate to put my future in the hands of anyone I did not know over 100 years ago. History is important but let’s celebrate aspiration and goals.
Nuance and minutiae are the only things that have actually changed. The machinations OF MOST PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER won't allow Black Men to simply "be" or boys in their teen years to be children.
There's actually no record of how the phrase started or what it originates from. Some people think it referred to native Americans riding their horses nude to bathe in the rivers of the midwest, but "buck" was used in reference to rowdy youth in Europe back to the 1600s before it was used in the states to refer to non-white men. And there's a lot of issues with this theory of its origin. Namely, the phrase wasn't used until the early 1900s, some 60 years after slavery ended, and it's used more by the black population in the south than white Americans, and for men and women. If it was originally derogatory and referring to non-white males, you'd expect it to be more prevalent with whites. So, if it is in reference to the slave trade, then it must have originated in the black vernacular, and that had a whole other connotation (nudity being shameful and degrading like being nude on a selling block). So, it's definitely plausible and an interesting theory.
Agreed - this is mostly a made up grievance - ‘buck’ naked derives from the same ‘buck’ or ‘buckskin’ used as slang for a monetary value on the American frontier- being ‘buck naked’ meant being out of one’s furs or “naked as a buck”
I always thought it was Butt naked, also slavery was never abolished. It's still legal, that's why we have a massive incarnation problem. Criminals are the new term for slave, that's why we make so many laws in order to make more criminals an why some people are considered guilty until proven innocent rather than the other way around, like its supposed to be.
That is the most inhumane and disgusting stain on American History and much world History. Along with the slaughter of Native Americans and all of the racism. But to treat a human being like a beast of burden shocks my senses. I wonder who these people were and how on earth they made that work out in their head!😮 Thank you for the lesson in words.
I don’t agree that the word BLACK has an actual meaning of “non existent”. Astrophysics have discovered how BLACK HOLES and the DARK AREAS of the ATMOSPHERE are misunderstood and far more useful. It was a false assumption which is often made in our prejudicial use of defining words like BLACK and WHITE.
It boils me when they call each other the N word, songs as well. And I am a woman identifying as OTHER even though they want us to say BLACK. Look at your skin and put it to the highway is this your color? WE are a tribe and we must know who are. All people with dark skin did not come from Africa so heads up the DNA kits lie OTHER (than paternity) SAVE your money. On everything we see pertaining to US its starts with AFRICAN, then AMERICAN this title was input by THE system to keep in down. I pray everyone has the time to SEARCH who we truly ARE and its not about complexion that ppl hate, its because they KNOW who we are and the prophesy from GOD himself SEARCH, SEARCH, SEARCH. Thia is why being able to read was a NO back in the day, know that any and ALL distractions have been infiltrated to keep us blind. YOU will NOT find our TRUE meaning in all these MEGA churches or locals. I never heard it from my OWN family church because they are screaming and hopping around telling you what was handed down to them not to mention taking $$$ salvation is free. Trust me higher ups KNOW who we are and they will never say this on TV or anywhere because they are angry. The bible states we perish because of a lack of knowledge, and we have not because we ask not. The only thing important to our tribe should be the restoration of the TRUE descendants of Judah and Israel. We have been scattered generations ago due to our ancestors disobedience and the prophecy will be complete one day. I dont go back and forth with people on here, because like most l was raised to hear stories and what was passed down from granny and grandpa. I am still doing my research with prayer. Trust me we are more than what you know and have been told, know your worth and pursue your divine call. I love all you ❤.
It might not have been 2/3 of a Human Being. Perhaps 3/5 is more accurate. But whatever, the meaning was the same; enslaved people were Counted as a fraction of a Human Being, but regarded as non-human, intelligent livestock. Basically beasts of burden.
@@PushBlack- And since we have delved this far into these definitions and descriptions, we should also address the term “Woke”. According to some on the Right, who haven’t the remotest idea of what they’re talking about, Woke means everything from Gay and/or liberal to the Easter Bunny was mugged and raped by Punxsutawney Phil, and his recently laid chocolate eggs stolen by that diabolical fiend of a Groundhog! And whatever else they want it to mean. But all the Bullshit aside, Woke is simply Aware. And it’s not a recent phenomenon, it dates well back into the days of slavery. In an environment where the slightest “uppity” look or “sassy” tone of voice might get a person flogged….. or worse, it paid to be fully aware of one’s surroundings and status. Woke wasn’t a lifestyle or a philosophy. It was - and is a state of mind, and it remains valuable to this day because this is largely still a hostile environment for Blacks. All those other definitions of Woke are meaningless.
My sister, STOPPED using the Word BLACK. It a Derogatory Word of being Non-Existent. We are American INDIANS INDIGENOUS Native Americans, that's our Culture, NOT our Race. Our Ancestors was the FIRST INHABITANTS in America & All over the World, as being Copper different shades of Brown (MELANATED) Dark Skinned (NOT Black) Tone Complexion people. Look up the different shades of Brown colors. Again we are NOT Black or African Americans. Our Federal Government have Misclassified Reclassified of now being Black, which is a FALSE LABEL IDENTITY RACE, that our Government have been Imposing on our people. This information I been giving to many people for @ least 3 YEARS now, to remind our people you need to do a simple Research & asked your family, & relatives about your Family Heritage. Somebody in your family will tell you that we all have American INDIANS Heritage, as being INDIGENOUS people.
I always used "Butt naked". I never heard of "buck naked" I thought it was a mispronunciation.
Butt naked is a phrase I first heard black folks saying and I found it quite funny, because I had heard buck naked my entire life. But I also had heard the term "big, black buck" because I grew up in a former slave state and I knew the derivation of that term as well.
Same
"Butt naked" is how I heard it when I first moved to the U.S. in my early teens and didn't know there was a different version until just a few years ago.
@@SuperAH1985 What is your ethnicity?
Me too lol
I'm glad to know this history and will avoid using it. I will instruct my students of the history of the term. Thank you.
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It's false
Nobody today is using the term “buck naked” to talk about slaves, so getting butt hurt because the phrase had origins in the slavery period is just you being petty.
@@StockyDude just because you personally change the meaning in your head, or want to feel different doesn't mean the defined word becomes different lmao. you just don't want to have to feel bad so you snowflakes warp reality to suit your mental needs... that's substantially more petty than what you're talking about frfr
@@MekeninzoUG Yes, and why were these words changed? would you like to elaborate or should I? using the factual statement that I just used in the comment you're responding to? and doesn't mean you can do it for every word and the definition doesn't change! gay still means happy! people just use gay to denote "Homosexuality" now we don't know where it comes from? you're just being disingenuous now... that's cute!
i have a friend in prison who works 2 jobs but still can't earn enough for basic supplies. He gets about a few dollars a day for hard work. It's slavery.
And they say slavery ended when??🙄
What crime did he commit?
@@vernongibson1194slavery was never completely abolished. There is a caveat. If they are in prison, the abolishment of slavery does not apply.
@@AminaPhilosophy "What crime did he commit?" that's irrelevant! they don't pay more or less depending on the crime you committed.
@@vernongibson1194 It didn't. read the 13th Amendment
Love the way you use the terms. You gave our ancestors back their dignity by describing their condition of bondage.
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Good thing I had been taught this phrase incorrectly, and have always said "butt naked."
Others in the comments have said so as well, interesting to see how we may have grown up with this phrase!
LAWD have mercy on us for our ignorance! This phrase is now stricken from my lingo.
Most folk live to be /behave ignorant, as well as have no problem gravitating towards the worst of the worst! As how do you explain folk (in 2024) being worse than those in the past. It’s like, instead of them being repulsed by what they heard took place in the past, they run to it.
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Foreigner here. The numbers saying they thought it was butt naked shock me. I always knew the expression as buck naked but didn't know the derivation.
Thank you for the enlightenment.
For everyone's comfort and enjoyment, I am not stark naked.
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That phrase needs to be abolished from everyday (mis) use. I was not aware of its origin.
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Thank you for the information. I use this term often and even have the nerve to be annoyed when people say, "Butt naked", instead of buck naked! I learned that it came from the phrase for a male deer being beautiful and muscular, making women say, "Wow, I'd like to see him buck naked!". I will not continue to use this phrase. Naked is just fine.
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I feel like i knew this but no idea how or why? Certainly no one around me would have taught me this but at any rate I am glad to have Push Black to help re-educate me about things I only vaguely or fully never knew or understood. It makes me so crazy that so many think it's better to not speak of this history. BUT IT IS OUR SHARED AMERICAN HISTORY AND WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS IF WE CANNOT EVEN LOOK AT IT FOR WHAT IT IS AND HAS BEEN. The lack of information and context harms all Americans because it makes us all ignorant & blind. Thank you for what you are doing to make strides in this area!
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Indeed! That goes along with the term "buck breaking", the treatment of Black men used to force them to perform manual labor.
Buck breaking is the homosexual rape of a man. That's mostly a myth. Homophobia was even more extreme during those times and there's no evidence that any such thing occurred. Even slave owners would be in trouble for that. They would be branded as gay.
Yes, another ugly phrase!
Crime levels have gone down by about 70 percent since the 1980s but America's incarceration rate has risen from 2200 (per million) in 1980 to 5300 today. Perhaps that's because prisons are a business in your country, they're built and run by private enterprises. And businesses find ways to grow over time.
All countries make prisoners work but in most cases the intent is to help them attain skills and to avoid idleness. I've read some old (pre-war) Japanese stories set in prisons. In those, inmates were made to produce paper balloons and lanterns because most of them were ignorant hoodlums with no work experience. Papercraft was simple, play-like, made them work as a unit. Good for morale. The products were marketed but I doubt anyone made a profit from them.
It's not just prisons run by private enterprise, it's private enterprise getting exclusive contracts to supply them, phone service, mail service, canteen "stores", and cheap labor for manufacturers and general labor. It's a scam.
Texas in 1994 had 15 prisons. It has 150 today. With the crime rate going down like you mentioned, and looking at the other states with similar prison growth it makes you wonder what are these men and women in prison for?
Giving people work to avoid idleness and teach skills are both good things. That work might even turn into a proud moment and better mental health for the prisoner. It’s the involuntary servitude, unjust pay, poor safety standards, and little to no way to report these issues that is the problem. Prison work just turned into Slavery+. A free society should have no place for slavery.
Thanks for sharing your insights with us!
Thank you for shedding light on modern day slavery 😞😞😞
You are so welcome, it's definitely saddening. 😔
Thanks for the info. I will not use that term again, I had no idea. I wasn't sure if it was "butt" or "buck" and had no idea where the term came from.
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Great insights. Keep it coming so we can know better, be better, and do better.
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Thank you for this ma'am 🙏
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I seriously wondered what deer (male deer are called bucks for those who don't know) had to do with being naked for decades. Thank you for clearing that up.
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I did not know this term was derived from a dehumanizing slave term. I grew up with “buck” naked, but heard some others used “butt” naked. It’s good that it was easy to formulate a non-demeaning version.
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We grew up saying Butt Naked
But I got your message
Thank you sister
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Wow. It's not a phrase i use, but as a clothing-optional person (or "nudist" if you will), this disturbs me in all the needed ways! May I share a link to this?
Absolutely! UA-cam should have a share feature that you can use.
Makes me think of the word kumbaya, it's literally a slave song and it makes me feel sick every time I hear someone say it.
Right?!
Not so young sista..go to the gates of Huldah and Truthunedited you will learn the Truth of Who we are and the definition of that word. Be of Good Cheer...slavery was our punishment, not where we come from, Shalom Mispacha 🙌🏾🙌🏾
@@PushBlackdo a video on it.
@@YAHSCHILD82Punishment? Our ancestors did nothing to warrant anyone being enslaved or born into slavery.
I ALWAYS SAID BUTT NAKED!🤦🏾♀️ NEVER KNEW IT WAS BUCK NAKED I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SOME FOLKS SOUTHERN ACCENT 🤷🏾♀️
Right! Definitely surprising once we learn more about the origins.
Those germs literally never stop hating for one moment, not one🥀
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Someone should send this to Duluth Trading. I'm pretty sure they're not trying to be racist, but they have a whole line of "buck naked" underwear
That would certainly be great to pass on and see what the company thinks!
Thanks for the knowledge.. I always thought it was "butt" naked 🤯
You are so welcome! Definitely a surprising factoid!
I always said and still say butt naked... idk maybe I'm different lol😂
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Thank you! I'm a white homeschooling mama. I teach my kids actually history.
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I always heard it said, "Butt Naked"😅
It seems like a few others have said the same!
Thanks for this post. I never thought about it before.
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I’ve never said “BUCK naked” because it never made sense to me. I’ve always said “BUTT naked” because it made sense that butt naked meant your butt was naked. 🤣
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I thought that my parents were saying butt naked this whole time.
They were
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I've never heard of Buck naked, I only recall hearing butt naked 🤔
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I’ve always said “butt naked” not “buck naked”
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Good information but we must know what will get us out of this condition
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@@PushBlack For sure keep bringing it we don't wanna hear but the Creator's ways is our answer
Well dang my ignorance. I thought it was Butt Naked. I’m not disagreeing. I guess we do learn something new every day.
We were glad you were able to learn something new!
The more I learn for real, for real. 😮😮😮
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Still run like Cane Farm Junction!
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I’ve heard of “buck naked” but I’ve often heard da slang, “butt naked,” a messton more!
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A friend once gave me a “funny” card with 2 old white ladies on the cover and it said “is it Butt Naked or Buck Naked?” And the inside said something like “these are the questions I go to you for” - now knowing what it really means, the card bothers me. Thank you for sharing the truth✌🏻
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Buck naked memes Is informal completely naked.
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I agree with you 100% that the correct way to teach history is to use the truth about how Black Americans were treated. The far right in America doesn’t want the truth to be known about the treatment of Black Americans. Vote Blue to help correct this issue.💙💙💙
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Geez. I assumed it referred to male deer.
@timberwolfproductions- it does. Bull applies to Elk, cattle, elephants, whales, etc. I guess it’s a matter of who’s making the definitions. Isn’t it interesting how MAGA is still to this day trying to define people?
Right? Surprising once the origins are found out.
Now do a video on what "buck breaking" was 😵💫 this country's history is just plain awful 😖
Thanks for that suggestion! We will pass that on to the team.
Buck means total. For example, if I gave you 15 bucks. I gave you 15 total dollars or 15 single bills if you will. Buck naked means totally naked. The terms buck naked comes about around the 1900s not the 1800s...
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never heard it said in that way, heard it "butt naked"
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A Buck is a American Indian man, so therefore Buck Naked means:
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@PushBlack Sharing my Thoughts? Sure you're welcome I'm just clarifying what the American word Buck Means
The term Buck was applied to all male enslaved people, and the term Wench was applied to females, and neither was a conscious epithet. It was no more so than the terms Colt or Pup or Cub. Insults are not issued to animals, and in the American system of chattel slavery, the enslaved were not considered Human, they were regarded as Livestock. Until about the age of 40, the males were addressed as “Boy”, after that age, they were “Uncle”. Similarly, the women were addressed as “Gal”, and after full maturity, they were called “Aunt”. These were deliberately demeaning, and intended for continued subjugation. It’s been stated that they were only considered 2/3 of a Human Being. But that was purely in regard to legislative and economic representation of the slave “owners”, it had absolutely nothing to do with the status of the enslaved people themselves. That was a sick, inhuman and inhumane chapter in American history, and the facts that I post here only make it worse. The thought that the same spirit that allowed that horror still exists in this country is galling and nauseating.
Wow, thanks for sharing that insight with us!
i don't use the term since i knew, somehow, it meant what happened to black men sold as slaves. it never sat right with me.
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Thank you for an thisOmg information
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Being buck naked is a phrase used for .... underdressed and unrefined males. I don't need to search for old use terms for females as they are still common in everyday language. Anyone improperly dressed and poorly raised according to a certain set of social standards and who also fullfills the proper male role may be refered to this way regardless of the color of their pelt.
I am all for no longer using words of hate and enslavement, I have yet to find a language or gender expression that isn't overloaded with them. I am resigned to be constantly misundestood and misinterpreted by those who wish to insult rather than communicate with me.
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@@PushBlack I am finding your content helpful.
I have found the answers to some confusion by comparing law enforcement human elements terms.
Have the most difficulty granting humanhood to certain professions.
Anyway...
Why do you think the term for an unidentified object in their care is called a John Doe?
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Etymology is Crazy!
Certainly is!
The Beast unwittingly Helped The seeds take over the NFL, NBA, Track and field, Boxing, MMA you mame it !!!......😊
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That's really interesting. It's only a term I've heard on TV or in books. It makes sense in the context of slavery, because black men were called 'bucks' by the enslavers as if they were animals
We are glad you think so! Definitely a phrase we needed to talk about.
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As as a black person you know we take negative words and make them positive?
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So what is the black community doing about its incarceration rates? Blaming slavery? Is this your argument? I would hate to put my future in the hands of anyone I did not know over 100 years ago. History is important but let’s celebrate aspiration and goals.
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I think that is why I have always said “Butt Naked,” because Everyone’s BUTT has been. js
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Buck Broken
Buck Naked
Buck Wild
Buck Teeth...
.....Anymore
I wonder if they used the word buck teeth, because they would pull the slaves teeth and used them as their own.
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My grandma told me that term was racist much love sister for letting people know it's true meaning
Yes, we have to let others know!
Jacob's trouble coming
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I always thought it was butt naked. But I’m not real bright. Either way, I won’t be using that phrase again. 😢
Definitely frustrating and surprising once you learn about the origins!
@@PushBlack So much hate in our history. So much still remains.
Nuance and minutiae are the only things that have actually changed. The machinations OF MOST PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER won't allow Black Men to simply "be" or boys in their teen years to be children.
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What about “buck wild”?
Next one.
We could certainly look into the origins of that phrase!
What about the Irish and Chinese slaves????!!!!
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Thank you dear sister for explaining this 🙏🏿
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Why isn’t your title “push forward”- that is way more peaceful and aspirational! Sorry but I dont own a time machine.
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What about the Gullah Geechee War all the time talking about this but nothing else
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@@PushBlack yes we were done wrong. But we didn't sit back and just take it we fought back
It’s hard for me to believe this buck naked stuff, never heard of it
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There's actually no record of how the phrase started or what it originates from. Some people think it referred to native Americans riding their horses nude to bathe in the rivers of the midwest, but "buck" was used in reference to rowdy youth in Europe back to the 1600s before it was used in the states to refer to non-white men.
And there's a lot of issues with this theory of its origin. Namely, the phrase wasn't used until the early 1900s, some 60 years after slavery ended, and it's used more by the black population in the south than white Americans, and for men and women. If it was originally derogatory and referring to non-white males, you'd expect it to be more prevalent with whites. So, if it is in reference to the slave trade, then it must have originated in the black vernacular, and that had a whole other connotation (nudity being shameful and degrading like being nude on a selling block). So, it's definitely plausible and an interesting theory.
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Agreed - this is mostly a made up grievance - ‘buck’ naked derives from the same ‘buck’ or ‘buckskin’ used as slang for a monetary value on the American frontier- being ‘buck naked’ meant being out of one’s furs or “naked as a buck”
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I always thought it was Butt naked, also slavery was never abolished. It's still legal, that's why we have a massive incarnation problem. Criminals are the new term for slave, that's why we make so many laws in order to make more criminals an why some people are considered guilty until proven innocent rather than the other way around, like its supposed to be.
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That is the most inhumane and disgusting stain on American History and much world History. Along with the slaughter of Native Americans and all of the racism. But to treat a human being like a beast of burden shocks my senses. I wonder who these people were and how on earth they made that work out in their head!😮 Thank you for the lesson in words.
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I don’t agree that the word BLACK has an actual meaning of “non existent”. Astrophysics have discovered how BLACK HOLES and the DARK AREAS of the ATMOSPHERE are misunderstood and far more useful. It was a false assumption which is often made in our prejudicial use of defining words like BLACK and WHITE.
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I don’t agree with “little changed after the abolition of slavery”
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Sad world we live in
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OWOW!
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Same goes for "Uncle Tom".
Definitely another phrase to watch out for!
@@PushBlack ROFLMBAO! Ya never read the book huh🤦🏽
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So buck wheat
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Please it's 2024 get over it. Seek the Kingdom of GOD.
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It boils me when they call each other the N word, songs as well. And I am a woman identifying as OTHER even though they want us to say BLACK. Look at your skin and put it to the highway is this your color? WE are a tribe and we must know who are. All people with dark skin did not come from Africa so heads up the DNA kits lie OTHER (than paternity) SAVE your money. On everything we see pertaining to US its starts with AFRICAN, then AMERICAN this title was input by THE system to keep in down. I pray everyone has the time to SEARCH who we truly ARE and its not about complexion that ppl hate, its because they KNOW who we are and the prophesy from GOD himself SEARCH, SEARCH, SEARCH. Thia is why being able to read was a NO back in the day, know that any and ALL distractions have been infiltrated to keep us blind. YOU will NOT find our TRUE meaning in all these MEGA churches or locals. I never heard it from my OWN family church because they are screaming and hopping around telling you what was handed down to them not to mention taking $$$ salvation is free. Trust me higher ups KNOW who we are and they will never say this on TV or anywhere because they are angry. The bible states we perish because of a lack of knowledge, and we have not because we ask not. The only thing important to our tribe should be the restoration of the TRUE descendants of Judah and Israel. We have been scattered generations ago due to our ancestors disobedience and the prophecy will be complete one day. I dont go back and forth with people on here, because like most l was raised to hear stories and what was passed down from granny and grandpa. I am still doing my research with prayer. Trust me we are more than what you know and have been told, know your worth and pursue your divine call. I love all you ❤.
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It might not have been 2/3 of a Human Being. Perhaps 3/5 is more accurate. But whatever, the meaning was the same; enslaved people were Counted as a fraction of a Human Being, but regarded as non-human, intelligent livestock. Basically beasts of burden.
Right, it's absolutely awful.
@@PushBlack- And since we have delved this far into these definitions and descriptions, we should also address the term “Woke”. According to some on the Right, who haven’t the remotest idea of what they’re talking about, Woke means everything from Gay and/or liberal to the Easter Bunny was mugged and raped by Punxsutawney Phil, and his recently laid chocolate eggs stolen by that diabolical fiend of a Groundhog! And whatever else they want it to mean. But all the Bullshit aside, Woke is simply Aware. And it’s not a recent phenomenon, it dates well back into the days of slavery. In an environment where the slightest “uppity” look or “sassy” tone of voice might get a person flogged….. or worse, it paid to be fully aware of one’s surroundings and status. Woke wasn’t a lifestyle or a philosophy. It was - and is a state of mind, and it remains valuable to this day because this is largely still a hostile environment for Blacks. All those other definitions of Woke are meaningless.
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The Bible is TRUE blk history. We are the true children of Israel
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Awww Maaan! Does this mean I have to stop saying buck nekkid now??? I can’t. It’s too much. And I want Aunt Jemima back too! 🥺
You do you boo.
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All slaves throughout history have had a bad time of it this is a little one sided and Afrocentric 🤔
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I'll actually challenge you on this; why do you say that?
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why wouldnt it be afrocentric when this is a black channel and when other communities center themselves alone?
Because the subject here, is African peoples. Duh!
My sister, STOPPED using the Word BLACK.
It a Derogatory Word of being Non-Existent.
We are American INDIANS INDIGENOUS Native Americans, that's our Culture, NOT our Race.
Our Ancestors was the FIRST INHABITANTS in America & All over the World, as being Copper different shades of Brown (MELANATED) Dark Skinned (NOT Black) Tone Complexion people.
Look up the different shades of Brown colors.
Again we are NOT Black or African Americans.
Our Federal Government have Misclassified Reclassified of now being Black, which is a FALSE LABEL IDENTITY RACE, that our Government have been Imposing on our people.
This information I been giving to many people for @ least 3 YEARS now, to remind our people you need to do a simple Research & asked your family, & relatives about your Family Heritage.
Somebody in your family will tell you that we all have American INDIANS Heritage, as being INDIGENOUS people.
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