It also introduced America to a new word - boogaloo.TOM AND JERRIO: (Singing) Papa choo (ph). Let's do the boogaloo.ALLAM: Boogaloo emerged as a mash-up of black and Latin American influences. Most non-white Americans don’t want to destroy the systems of government, abolish the police, end capitalism, or cripple corporations. The word "boogaloo" once represented a fusion of people and cultures. It sold a million records. Now it refers to their coming apart, civil war - in some quarters, a race war.UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: All right, so we're hot. They're spoiling for a race war.Decades later, boogaloo is no longer about music, but about menace - a word coined by black and brown people now used by some who envision a country without them. Think . You just might be a “Karen.”Sure, there’s a growing list of internet memes poking fun at real-life stereotypes — names such as Kyle, Becky and Chad are shorthand for this or that trope — but in 2020, “Karen” is the queen of them all.The K-name has been co-opted to call out many a “white-lady-with-a-bone-to-pick” socio-cultural faux pas online. I said I like it like that.ALLAM: Boogaloo began as a sound and a dance. Visit our website For a subset of the far-right, the fringe of the fringe, civil war isn't enough. You now hear it in politics and sports. calling the police to When Mr. Cooper asked her to leash her dog, “Karen” promptly told authorities an “African American man is threatening my life,” while appearing to accidentally strangle her dog. I don't want it to come to that.OREN SEGAL: And that's what makes it, I think, particularly insidious, is the use and co-opting of, you know, pop culture in order to make extremist points.ALLAM: That's Oren Segal of the Anti-Defamation League. Now, it's favored on the far right as shorthand for an uprising against the government. Still, she says she doesn’t resent the use of her name, and even adopted it as part of her brand.“I use Beyoncé’s ‘Becky with the good hair’ as my podcast tagline to break the ice,” she says.The caricature of Kyle is an angry, young white man with a love of energy drinks.
NPR's Hannah Allam tells us more.HANNAH ALLAM, BYLINE: In 1965, this song by Tom and Jerrio was a hit. The podcast has a menagerie of ideas, concepts, conversations and deep dives in the roots of the topic. Now the story about the strange journey of a word that's popular in far-right corners of the internet.
Frequency 1 episode / day Since Dec 2009 Also in Funny Blogs, Political Podcasts Podcast podcasts.joerogan.net Facebook fans 2.3M ⋅ Twitter followers 5.6M ⋅ Instagram Followers 8.6M ⋅ … Yeah, baby. I used to get dizzy doing it.ALLAM: Over the decades, the word came in and out of use. Ellen reportedly wants to end her talk showMan who lost penis to infection has a bigger one built for him — on his armLena Dunham reveals she battled coronavirus: ‘My body simply revolted’Lena Dunham reveals she battled coronavirus: ‘My body simply revolted’Ellen DeGeneres’ contract with Warner Bros. means no easy exit for either partyEllen DeGeneres’ contract with Warner Bros. means no easy exit for either party