The Hidden Black History Behind Playing The Dozens

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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The “dozens” goes by many names: trash talking, flaming, jonesing, slipping, bagging, roasting, capping, or snapping, and many others. Each generation plays it in its own way, but the basics stay the same. Here’s how it started. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	129 at McDonald's gets you a mini-Orio McFlurry.
0:04.0	129 on a big night out gets you...
0:07.0	Sorry, no trainers.
0:10.0	McDonald's save a menu.
0:12.0	Actually get your money's worth.
0:14.0	From 11am, price and participation may vary.
0:17.0	Price varies on delivery.
0:19.0	Subjects availability.
0:20.0	The dozens go by The participation may vary. Price varies on delivery. Subjects availability.
0:30.1	The dozens go by many names. Trash talking. Flaming. Joning. Slipping, bagging, roasting, capping or snapping, and many others. Each generation plays it in its own way, but the basics stay the same.
0:38.8	And here's how it started.
0:43.6	This is Two Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school. The Dozens were the art of verbal combat shines.
1:00.3	Crowds gather as jokes and insults fly between two heavyweights of wordplay doing their best to humiliate the other.
1:07.9	But it's all done with love.
1:10.4	One theory is that the Dozens was an insult that enslaved people flung at each other,
1:16.6	claiming that someone's mother was one of the dozens of women available to her master's
1:22.4	sexual whims.
1:24.1	Maybe that was the first yo mama joke.
1:27.6	The dozens have lasted through many generations of black culture.
1:32.0	The game itself doesn't change, but it goes by many names depending on where it's being played.
1:38.7	In the past, people share their favorite dozens and stories and songs.
1:44.0	Today, we save them on our phones and post them on social media.
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