they're banning JoJo's bows

[tuxumino]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jojo-bows-controversial-185744675.html

Siwa herself has weighed in on the controversy her bows are causing for her less famous peers across the world. She says the bans are simply a “very bad thing.” Still, she encourages her young fans to abide by the dress codes. “Follow the rules; it’s very unfortunate if your school is banning them,” she said.

For her, the JoJo bow is “more than just a hair accessory, it is a symbol of power, confidence, believing-ness.” Unfortunately, some children just will have to find their power, confidence, and believing-ness without all the frills

 

[bruceflinch]

Too controversial.
Move to Political Forum, please...

 

[GreenDew]

Hmm, never heard of them so I checked out the article. Some of the really large bows did seem a bit distracting, but I don't see a reason to ban them.

I find it frustrating when some new distraction/symbol/item comes along and the first reaction is to ban it. There will always be these types of items in society and I think it's a better skill to learn how to deal with the situation rather than try to remove it from sight.

 

[bruceflinch]

Stuff like this is why school uniforms are required in some schools.

 

[Blankpage]

Chris Hansen to the courtesy desk please

 

[Bay Arean]

I find this (the ban, the furor) incomprehensible. In a vague way, it reminds me of when sneakers went crazy with the Air Jordans and such. There have remained this whole premium class since and it still amazes me that people collect athletic shoes in that way.

I have to wonder if those same schools ban headscarfs and burkas and such..

 

[Brokenlink]

More dangerous than lawn darts...

 

[HappyHighwayman]

This is clearly a racist rule against honkeys

 

[Bay Arean]

This is clearly a racist rule against honkeys

ha. When I see the pix, I think they should only be banned if they are being worn by the Bad Seed girl. She'd probably like wearing one as she pushed the lady down the stairs and tormented LeRoy.

 

[bruceflinch]

This is clearly a racist rule against honkeys

I wonder how black people would feel if we white people all called each other Honkey?

 

[wazzuFreddo]

I wonder how black people would feel if we white people all called each other Honkey?

I've gotten called a honkey before. I had a hard time not laughing.

 

[wazzuFreddo]

 

[DReg350]

If I had a daughter who wanted to wear a JoJo Bow... I’d let her. Maybe not to school if it weren’t allowed, but home... on weekends... who cares? Young kids have short attention spans. Fads last a semester or two at 12 and 13. Shorter if younger. Then it’s off to the next thing. Tux, ya crack me up, brother.

 

[Bay Arean]

I've gotten called a honkey before. I had a hard time not laughing.

It's funnier than cracker or redneck. Those ones are usually delivered with more hostility.

I always thought white people were called honky because they honk at black people who cross the street extra slow at crosswalks and make impatient white people more impatient because they don't "get it."

But I know there is another official explanation for the term. Probably a corruption of Yanqui or some other thing from the south. Maybe a Lousiana deal.

Oh yeah and PS. Apparently, in California, jo-jos are already passé. I heard two anecdotes yesterday of friends with little girls who were bored and over them.

 

[stangmx13]

I remember in 4th grade, my school had an assembly for a yo-yo performer. of course the whole school was flooded with yo-yos within a week. and of course, they were banned shortly after that and completely forgot about soon after that.

the same cycle was true of pogs, assorted card games, and plenty of other things im sure im forgetting. this isnt newsworthy, its just normal.

 

[Bay Arean]

I remember in 4th grade, my school had an assembly for a yo-yo performer. of course the whole school was flooded with yo-yos within a week. and of course, they were banned shortly after that and completely forgot about soon after that.

the same cycle was true of pogs, assorted card games, and plenty of other things im sure im forgetting. this isnt newsworthy, its just normal.

...which then makes the school official's ban of them make it all seem like kabuki. The fad will pass anyway, but they must take the step of banning them.

Weren;t those spinny things just a year ago? I can't even remember their name.

 

[DReg350]

...which then makes the school official's ban of them make it all seem like kabuki. The fad will pass anyway, but they must take the step of banning them.

Weren;t those spinny things just a year ago? I can't even remember their name.

Fidget Spinners! Yeah, my kid had a few. When he was in 7th grade Kendamas were all the rage. arty

 

[HappyHighwayman]

Several potential starts:

Hungarian
Honky may be a variant of hunky, which was a derivative of Bohunk, a slur for various Slavic and Hungarian immigrants who moved to America from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the early 1900s.[2]

Ukrainian
It may also be a familiar short form for Ukrainian: Гончаренко (Honcharenko), a common Ukrainian last name.[3]

Wolof
Honky may also derive from the term "xonq nopp" which, in the West African language Wolof, literally means "red-eared person". The term may have originated with Wolof-speaking people brought to the U.S.[4] It has been used by black Americans as a pejorative for white people.[5]

Other
The phrase honky-tonk refers to a particular type of country music, most commonly provided at bars for its patrons, or more commonly, may even refer to the bar itself.[6]

Honky may have come from coal miners in Oak Hill, West Virginia. The miners were segregated; blacks in one section, Anglo-whites in another. Foreigners who could not speak English, mostly whites, were separated from both groups into an area known as "Hunk Hill". These male laborers were known as "Hunkies".[7]

A folk etymology is that it is from white people honking their car horns a lot to get people's attention and perhaps as a metaphor for liberal whites who make a lot of noise (honking) but do not do anything.[8]

The term may have begun in the meat packing plants of Chicago. According to Robert Hendrickson, author of the Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, black workers in Chicago meatpacking plants picked up the term from white workers and began applying it indiscriminately to all whites.[9]

 

[Bay Arean]

To me, the West Virginia one is most plausible or probable. I heard hunkies before honkies, because, well, I'm old.

 

[CDONA]

I remember Richard Pryor doing a bit about honkies, something about white guys trying to get the attention of black street walkers in Detroit, while crusing along the street in their cars.