"In spades" is now a slur.
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A spade is a digging instrument used in the garden. Anything can be a spade if you have to dig. Hence 'call a spade a spade'
If you want to jump in some mental gymnastics and claim that soil is black, I can counter with spades were typically made from cast iron for durability, and that is also black.