Updating Our Language - Day 12
“Jimmies”
Jimmies, the chocolate sprinkles we add to our ice cream, are named this as a reference to Jim Crow.
Outside of New England, people just call them sprinkles. We suggest we New Englanders do that as well.
Throughout July we will be making posts about updating our language.
We live in a society that has normalized using many words and phrases with racist origins.
Part of the anti-racist work involves acknowledging you have used them, beginning the process of eliminating them from your vocabulary, and gently correcting others when you hear them used.
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