Back in the late days of slavery, a "cake walk" was an event during the Yule break where the master would get all of the slaves together, and whichever family group did the best/funniest dance skit would get a cake.
It's worse, no? Almost nobody today knew about that connection or made that connection. The meaning of the word has changed into something completely different and inoffensive.
Yep. Reminds me how I recently heard someone saying that we shouldn’t say “he went off the reservation” or “he went native” anymore. I’ve only heard he went native as a joke now
Cakewalk? How is that racist? Never hire these people.
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Back in the late days of slavery, a "cake walk" was an event during the Yule break where the master would get all of the slaves together, and whichever family group did the best/funniest dance skit would get a cake.
But banning the word cakewalk is a fucking joke.
Thanks. Yea that is very stupid for them to ban the word.
It's worse, no? Almost nobody today knew about that connection or made that connection. The meaning of the word has changed into something completely different and inoffensive.
Now we're back at step one.
Yep. Reminds me how I recently heard someone saying that we shouldn’t say “he went off the reservation” or “he went native” anymore. I’ve only heard he went native as a joke now