Chicken Po Boy. Cajun seasoned baked chicken, lettuce, tomato, remoulade sauce, on French bread

  • skeezix@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    You probably didn’t get the memo, but “Po Boy” is now considered a term with somewhat racist overtones. It makes light of an accent historically used in the deep south by marginized people. These days the sandwich should be referred to as a poor boy or a french bread hoagie.

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        3 months ago

        If you want to continue using the racist term go ahead, but please don’t use it around black people (like me).

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          3 months ago

          Just show me one source saying that its considered a racist term. Cus I’ve been to the French Market and gotten po’boys and you not knowing they got their name during a workers strike to feed “the poor boys on the line” might just be you being ahistorical. I’m open to any sources or articles. Any time now.