• rapchee@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    this is very besides the point, but “whiter than raisins”?? i’m scared to ask, but how white are your raisins, americans?
    edit: after further research, it seems like american raisins are not white either, in which case, wtf is this saying

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      9 hours ago

      Not whiter than raisins, whiter than “[putting] raisins in potato salad.” It’s a reference to cooking. Also, I’ve never seen anyone do thay and I’m from the US south, so…pretty white I guess.

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      They said “whiter than raisins in potato salad.” It’s a meme saying that white people put raisins in potato salad.

      There’s a book by street lit author Quan Millz called Becky Put Raisins in the Potato Salad. This is actually where I heard about it and I was like “ew! Raisins in potato salad??”

      I’ve never seen a potato salad with raisins in it. Sounds gross.