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snerdaferda t1_jddu21u wrote

Reply to comment by wern00 in In honor of ice cream places opening soon do you call them “Jimmies” or “Sprinkles”? by IamMikey1

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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