## List - Picnic - Eenie meenie meinie mo - Seasoned/seasoning - Sold down the river - Uppity - Moron - Long time, no see - Nitty gritty - Hip hip hooray - Fuzzy wuzzy - Used by the British to describe hair - Master bedroom - Blacklist/whitelist (software and technology) - Use denylist/allowlist instead - Masters (tennis, golf) - The first "masters" golf tournament was held in Augusta, where they also - Mandated that all caddies be black - Banned black golfers until 1975 - Admitted black golfers in 1990 - Admitted women in 2012 - Peanut gallery - Used to describe Black-only sections in theatres - Grandfather clause - The original grandfather clause prevented - Cakewalk - Described competitions where white slave owners had enslaved people compete for cake - Blackball/black mark ## References - [8 Words, Phrases, and Terms You Didn't Know Had Racist Links and Origins](https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/8-words-phrases-and-terms-you-didnt-know-had-racist-links-and-origins-2905400) - [Everyday words and phrases that have racist connotations - CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/06/us/racism-words-phrases-slavery-trnd/index.html)