HelgaPataki
Pro
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"For the record, there was nothing remotely racist in my use of the phrase 'shuck and jive,'" Palin wrote on her Facebook page.
"I’ve been known to use the phrase most often when chastising my daughter Piper to stop procrastinating and do her homework. As she is part Yup’ik Eskimo...Just to be careful, from now on I’ll avoid using it with Piper, and I would appreciate it if the media refrained from using words and phrases like igloo, Eskimo Pie, and 'when hell freezes over,' as they might be considered offensive by my extended Alaska Native family."
Sarah Palin Defends 'Shuck & Jive' Comments
her kids are only 1/16 eskimo by the way.
"when hell freezes over" is offensive but not shuck and jive
"For the record, there was nothing remotely racist in my use of the phrase 'shuck and jive,'" Palin wrote on her Facebook page.
"I’ve been known to use the phrase most often when chastising my daughter Piper to stop procrastinating and do her homework. As she is part Yup’ik Eskimo...Just to be careful, from now on I’ll avoid using it with Piper, and I would appreciate it if the media refrained from using words and phrases like igloo, Eskimo Pie, and 'when hell freezes over,' as they might be considered offensive by my extended Alaska Native family."
Sarah Palin Defends 'Shuck & Jive' Comments
her kids are only 1/16 eskimo by the way.
