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minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoMine was “darker than a black cat in a coal mine at night” but I think it’s just easier for hicks with an accent to say. Far less racist than the other ways they would say “dark”.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoOof. I’d never even thought about it in terms of race, but now you mention it, I have to wonder if I ever heard it in that context. … and, not that I remember, probably have. sigh
Mine was “darker than a black cat in a coal mine at night” but I think it’s just easier for hicks with an accent to say. Far less racist than the other ways they would say “dark”.
Oof. I’d never even thought about it in terms of race, but now you mention it, I have to wonder if I ever heard it in that context.
… and, not that I remember, probably have. sigh