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snerdaferda t1_jd5n7jz wrote

Reply to comment by MesaVerde87 in In honor of ice cream places opening soon do you call them “Jimmies” or “Sprinkles”? by IamMikey1

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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