WelfarePeanutButter t1_jd54dg2 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in In honor of ice cream places opening soon do you call them “Jimmies” or “Sprinkles”? by IamMikey1

There’s no real consensus as to why we use the term, but there’s some solid evidence that it’s due to the color association with “Jim Crow.” I err on the side of caution with this one.

PM_Georgia_Okeefe t1_jd5aqmi wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:53 PM

There’s more evidence that it was because Brigham’c Ice Cream shops used to donate all proceeds of the chocolate sprinkles add-on to the Jimmy Fund.

pillbinge t1_jd5fx1b wrote on March 21, 2023 at 11:29 PM

What's that "solid evidence" no article has ever listed? And if it's from Jim Crow, why don't other parts of the country even know the term? I asked a girl for jimmies in the South and she was amazingly confused.

WelfarePeanutButter t1_jd5mqn4 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 12:17 AM

You know what? I’m going to eat my hat a bit on this. I had read the Vice article someone else mentioned on this thread not too long ago (my sister owns an ice cream shop, and we were discussing this very issue) and I remembered it as having actual evidence in it. It does not, and coupled with other articles I’ve just read, it is likely not true.

Rooster_Local t1_jd5lgwi wrote on March 22, 2023 at 12:08 AM

Serious question: what "solid evidence"? Not only have I never seen any solid evidence, I have actually never seen *any* evidence that the etymology of the word comes from Jim Crow or otherwise anything racist.