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******* Milk

Destee said:
... does anyone know the origin of this phrase, what it really means?

I've never heard this before...

However, I think it may derived from racist, Jim-Crow imagery that depicted caricatured Black children drinking from a ink bottle. "******* Milk"

http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/caricature/more/ink.htm


You're elders, perhaps having seen this imagery, may have substituted ink with coffee (a potable, dark liquid) and then make a joke out of it. (lest you be confronted with the images yourself.)

Just speculating...
 
We said:
I've never heard this before...

However, I think it may derived from racist, Jim-Crow imagery that depicted caricatured Black children drinking from a ink bottle. "******* Milk"

http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/caricature/more/ink.htm


You're elders, perhaps having seen this imagery, may have substituted ink with coffee (a potable, dark liquid) and then make a joke out of it. (lest you be confronted with the images yourself.)

Just speculating...

Brother We ... oh my gosh ... i am surprised, that you've never heard this before. Thanks for sharing.

Wow at that image you shared ... N word Milk huh ... so sad ... gosh ... i can see how a connection could be made.

Yes, i think it's certainly something given to us, by them, and we perpetuate it, as we do many things now.

Again, thanks for sharing!

Much Love and Peace.

:heart:

Destee
 

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