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We were just talking about this (at work). I never considered my parents racist, but I definitely heard Brazil nuts called that, it's uncomfortable to think about how pervasive systemic racism is.
Same thing with "monkey bread", though less overt and I'd argue in some ways more sinister
Please explain how monkey bread is racist? I know calling people monkeys can be racist, but that has nothing to do with monkey bread or why it's called that.
I looked it up, named after how you eat it, by pulling it apart like a monkey.
Sometimes a monkey is just a monkey.
It’s an odd name for bread anyway. It looks nothing like a monkey.
I can sorta see “bear claws,” but it’s a stretch.
We should really just let the French name all food products.