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Dixie cups aren't named after the south. They aren't even a southern company. They are named after the Dixie doll company of New York.
by deelowe 6y ago
Dixie cups aren't named after the south. They aren't even a southern company. They are named after the Dixie doll company of New York.
- swimfar 6y agoOP never said they were named after the South. Just implied that having the same name could still be a problem. Github master branches have nothing to do with slavery but they still got rid of the term to avoid any possible connections one may make.
- deelowe 6y agoFair enough. I guess some consider things like this progress, but it seems pretty silly to me. There are still plenty of females out there named Dixie. I guess they should start submitting their requests for a name change just in case, ya know, some ignorant person tries to accuse her family of racism...
- theonemind 6y agoIn the current climate, that latter scenario doesn't seem that far-fetched.
- DonHopkins 6y agoThey could pull a "Lady A" and rename them "D Cups", but that has connotations, too.
- timw4mail 6y agoI think that kind of name change would require a novelty shape of cups...
- Rebelgecko 6y agoAccording to this [1] the name Dixie Cups was intentionally chosen as a reference to the South [1]: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-unnatural-history-of-the-dixie-cup-119828457/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-unnatural-hi...
- deelowe 6y agoThat's not at all what that states. It references the Dixie doll company, "dixies" (ten dollar bills in Louisiana whose origin comes from "dix"), and "Ice Cream Dixies." If you disagree, you can provide a direct quote.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoThe article states that its a reference to the steadfastness and reliability of Louisiana currency. My understanding is that that's where the term "Dixie" in the South came from. Some people believe that the shared etymology should be enough to cancel the term. It's a bit tenuous, but it doesn't seem any less tenuous than the association between the "master" branch on git with the subjugation of slavic people.
- dwighttk 6y agoPretty sure Dixie comes from the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie#Region https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie#Region
- totalZero 6y agoThat's one theory, and another is that it came from Louisiana currency. My understanding is that the precise origins of the term are unclear.
- dwighttk 6y agoah, yes, farther down that wikipedia page that is mentioned... Never heard of it before. This is worth a read: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/what-dixie-really-means/613585/ https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/what-dix...
- deelowe 6y agoDixie was a popular term around this time and has a few different origins. Again, in Louisiana, it was due to "dix" being the French word for 10. It states this in the article you linked. Eventually, Louisiana became known as "Dixieland" and the term ultimately was used to refer to all of the south. Dixie also came to be because of the Mason Dixon line, but this is not referenced anywhere in Dixie Cup's history. Again, they were a northern company. Are you confusing them with Dixie Crystals?
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- Redoubts 6y agoI mean, you should see the replies to Red Hat ads on twitter. Origin really doesn't matter.
- pas 6y agoTwitter (and "social media" in general [0]) is an extreme outlier. Cancel culture is real, and a bit of real progress might be happening too, but judging it simply based on twitter is like judging anything based on what the most abrasive drunks throw at each other in pubs. [0] the big problem of twitter and FB is that really anyone can talk to anyone, just comment whatever their completely unsolicited opinion happens to be. there's no moderation. there are likes, but there's no downvote. at least on reddit each community can set and try to keep their norms. and HN has dang :)