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Wed, 2010-06-02 17:25 — Angela (not verified)

term *cup of joe*

I don't know the name of the book that I read years ago but the term was explained by saying that the
plantation owner asked for a cup of coffee 'the same color as old black joe'. In which case, the resurgence of the term needs to be rethought.

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