DQ has a racist drink?

[DJL 235]

I'll bet that Dairy Queen did intend the phonetic similarity but I doubt they meant any wrong. As for the root of mulatto, I didn't know or think about it until this post. I can't imagine that a self-respecting educated person would prefer to be called a mule. I also can't imagine that in forming this phrase, especially by the Spanish at that time, that there was any positive connotation. But, this does not mean that it was meant to be derogative.

Also, someone fill me in on the Octoroonie thing.

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Also, someone fill me in on the Octoroonie thing

Oct as in 8, 1/8 black.

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I still don't get it.

Roonie = black? How's that work?

(wouldn't the real meaning be 8 times black?)

Boy, I thought I'd heard ALL the slurs out there. I guess since most of the ones I've heard lately were thrown at me, I haven't kept up with the history of racism.

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