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By RUSSELL GOLDMAN (@GoldmanRussell)
Oct. 24, 2012
Donald Trump today pledged $5 million to a charity of President Obama's choice, provided the president makes public his college applications and transcripts and releases his passport history, a far cry from the October-surprise bombshell Trump had promised.

Calling the offer a "major announcement," Trump released a video via Twitter at noon to much ballyhoo, and his online followers grew by the hundreds in the moments before the video was released.

"I have a deal for the president," Trump said. "If Barack Obama opens up and gives his college records and applications, and passport application and records, I will give to a charity of his choice, a check immediately for $5 million."

Trump, the New York billionaire real estate developer whose knack for self-promotion and showmanship have landed him a reality-television show, has needled the president in the past, calling him the "the worst president ever" and briefly threatening to run against him.

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Wednesday, October 24th 2012 at 4:19PM
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According to the user-submitted Urban Dictionary, the term "originally referred to the intentionally misleading words and actions that African-Americans would employ in order to deceive racist Euro-Americans in power, both during the period of slavery and afterwards."
As Politico points out, this isn't the first time the phrase has come up and inspired controversy. Several years ago, Andrew Cuomo, then New York's Attorney General, used the expression while campaigning for Hillary Rodham Clinton. "You can't shuck and jive at a press conference. All those moves you can make with the press don't work when you're in someone's living room."
Cuomo was promptly blasted by CNN's Roland Martin, who wrote, "'Shucking and jiving' have long been words used as a negative assessment of African Americans, along the lines of a 'foot shufflin' Negro.' In fact, I don't recall ever hearing the phrase used in reference to anyone white."
Wednesday, October 24th 2012 at 6:10PM
DAVID JOHNSON

In a discussion with an Albany radio station, Cuomo offered this assessment of Clinton’s win in New Hampshire as it relates to retail politics: ”It’s not a TV-crazed race. Frankly you can’t buy your way into it,” Cuomo said. “You can’t shuck and jive at a press conference. All those moves you can make with the press don’t work when you’re in someone’s living room.”

Yes, shuck and jive.

Now, Cuomo has quickly tried to clean up his statement by suggesting that it wasn’t meant at Obama – so who was he talking about, Bill Richardson? Yeah, right. He also said that he meant something akin to bobbing and weaving and ducking the tough questions. Well, why not say bobbing and weaving?

Some of you may be saying that this is stupid and ridiculous. But understand the racial history of America.

“Shucking and jiving” have long been words used as a negative assessment of African Americans, along the lines of a “foot shufflin’ Negro.” In fact, I don’t recall ever hearing the phrase used in reference to anyone white.

According to a story in Newsday, “The 1994 book ‘Juba to Jive, a Dictionary of African-American Slang,’ says ‘shuck and jive’ dates back to the 1870s and was an ‘originally southern 'Negro' expression for clowning, lying, pretense.’"

There is a such thing as political correctness gone mad, with folks being too sensitive. But it’s also about respect. And America’s long racial and sordid history still has ramifications today.

When African Americans hear former President Bill Clinton call Obama a kid, that is seen as an insult. He’s a 46-year-old man who is a United States senator. It is remindful of grown black men being called “boy” during the Jim Crow era. You might say no harm done, but trust me, the context has meaning.

The same goes for shuck and jive. I just don’t think for a second that if the battle was between John Edwards and Clinton, shuck and jive would have been used.

Wednesday, October 24th 2012 at 6:11PM
DAVID JOHNSON

Trump is in need to go sit down in his efforts to get monied backers fo rhis broke ass private business', before public intrest becomes so great over him until facts like he is not even a multi-millionaor comes out. (rotfl) (smile)

ANYONE HEARD TRUMP CALLING LEWARNCE O'DONNELL OR THE LAST WORD@MSNBC CALLING HIM BROKE EACH TIME TRUMP GETS INT THE MEDIA...MUCH LIKE ROMENY ALLOWING WHAT OUR PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY ABOUT HIM THAT WAS TRUE IN THAT DEBATE THE OTHER DAY WITHOUT ONCE CALLING HIM ALIE SO IT WOULD BE FOLLOWED UP BY THE MASS MEDIA THOSE THINGS ROMNEY LIKE TRUMP WANTS TO JUST BE FORGOTTEN A FEW HOURS LATER..."I" AM HOPING LO TAKES TIME TO TALK ABOUT DT ON HIS PROGRAM TODAY...

(ROTFLMAO) (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA

@David, it seem taht the attention for DT has just brought Sarah Palin out from under her rock to try and get a little for herself...christ Matthew of Hardball@msnbc is showing his disgust towardes her for throwing in her own racist slur against our president saying..."HIS SHUCK AND JIVE"...

each time I begin to believe these idiots can't top their last idiotic move they top the last ones. (nup)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA

eUGENE wASHINGTON OF THE WASINGTON POST(a Black reporter) just told Christ Matthew that this comes from the chatel slaves shucking corn and jiving with each other to pass time....(but a negative non constructive image is the purpose of this any way from these peoples like Palin?????!!!???...

kind of goes along with my sayings that all but us are the experts on us? (nup/ smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA

@David you first comment is defined by us as "DUMMING DOWN" a tactic of the chatel slaves used on the masters.lol!!! (smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA

...this is taught as a part of our BIA history that when a slave did not want to do something they could either wear the overseer/ master down to the point of they had two choices to whip the slave or just give up in disgust because these "dummy mental slow brains of the slaves could not learn anything new...

we were called dummy and slow while it was a joke amonge the slaves on how they could "bumb down the master/ overseer..."DUMBING DOWN" TO THE LEVELOF THE SLAVES...(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA