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MesaVerde87 t1_jd503dm wrote

What color? Sprinkles are rainbow, Jimmies are chocolate.

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snerdaferda t1_jd5n7jz wrote

But somehow, nobody makes the connection that this is kinda shitty and we should stop calling them that. Calling them sprinkles despite growing up calling them Jimmies has not caused a major inconvenience in my life.

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avrilfan12341 t1_jd6to5r wrote

As far as I'm aware, they're named after an employee named James. "Jimmies" being racist was just something people assumed.

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Cantide756 t1_jdalcoc wrote

The worst is always assumed. Better than those baby shaped chocolates

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wern00 t1_jddtoep wrote

"Sidney Farber, a cancer researcher in Boston, founded a charity named after one of his patients called The Jimmy Fund. His nephew opened an ice cream restaurant called Brigham's and charged an extra penny for chocolate sprinkles on a cone, which benefited The Jimmy Fund."

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snerdaferda t1_jddu21u wrote

But most people associate “Jimmies” with referring to Jim Crow instead, and that’s the important part. It’s like the Mandela affect of racism.

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pornplz22526 t1_jdiwrlk wrote

Nope. Most people being idiots who literally invented a false history should never be a viable argument.

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snerdaferda t1_jdj53ko wrote

Well we teach how the Indians taught the pilgrims to farm and everyone got along and that’s thanksgiving so

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pornplz22526 t1_jdjj4w8 wrote

Thanksgiving is literally just a harvest feast. Correct the origins and move on.

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snerdaferda t1_jdktqui wrote

Right so we should be telling the whole story? That’s kind of the whole point, isn’t it.

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pornplz22526 t1_jdl6qaw wrote

Racism isn't part of Jimmies' story, though. It's fiction.

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IAmAn_Anne t1_jd5ciw1 wrote

I’m glad someone else said this too. The question made me hesitate and think more than it should have. (I am sick right now though, so I’m a little dumb) I had to mentally put myself back into the ice cream places of my youth to figure out why I couldn’t answer it. Jimmies, yes correct, but also rainbow sprinkles XD

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Obahmah t1_jd5ey1b wrote

I moved to Florida a few years back... got some interesting looks in the Publix (that's like the Market Basket of FL)

Standing in the confectionery aisle "OK yeah You want to Jimmies or Sprinkles"

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Jrzgrl1119 t1_jd5kbls wrote

Publix is nicer than market basket! I miss Publix! I love their ice tea and fried chicken! 😩

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lizyouwerebeer t1_jd5m1ts wrote

How am I the only person who calls rainbow/chocolate jimmies??? I know I'm not the only one because I grew up going to ice cream shops that called them that too!

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NHiker469 t1_jdak0my wrote

You aren’t allowed to say Jimmie’s anymore. RACIST SOB.

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