{"id":38991,"date":"2014-12-19T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=38991"},"modified":"2014-12-19T21:11:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T21:11:06","slug":"popup-cafe-uses-derogatory-drink-names-in-bid-to-get-people-talking-about-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=38991","title":{"rendered":"Popup cafe uses derogatory drink names in bid to get people talking about race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/bronx\/pop-cafe-spurs-dialogue-racially-charged-drink-names-article-1.2049204\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Popup cafe uses derogatory drink names in bid to get people talking about race<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\" target=\"_blank\">New York Daily News<\/a><br \/>\n2014-12-17<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benkochman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ben Kochman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"452\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/bronx\/pop-cafe-spurs-dialogue-racially-charged-drink-names-article-1.2049204\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.2049203.1418862549!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/article_970\/drinks18b-1-web.jpg?enlarged\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><small>The bizarre java joint offers drinks with derogatory names like \u201cThe Half Breed\u201d and \u201cThe Mutt,\u201d which organizers insist will help start a helpful conversation about race, even if some are offended. (<em>Ben Kochman\/New York Daily News<\/em>)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Come for the java, stay for the jolting chat about race.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bronx\" target=\"_blank\">Bronx<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pop-up_retail\" target=\"_blank\">pop-up caf\u00e9<\/a> and art installation selling drinks with derogatory names are OK if you\u2019re offended \u2014 at first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you come in and you\u2019re offended, then maybe you\u2019ll leave and maybe be more sensitive before you say these things to other people,\u201d said Vernicia Colon, co-founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themixpopup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mix Coffeehaus<\/a>, a temporary shop in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mott_Haven,_Bronx\" target=\"_blank\">Mott Haven<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drinks include \u201cThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=451\" target=\"_blank\">Mulatto<\/a>\u201d \u2014 part <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Espresso\" target=\"_blank\">espresso<\/a>, part milk \u2014 and \u201cThe One Drop\u201d \u2014 a hot chocolate made from chocolate syrup dropped into hot milk \u2014 a play on the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=3208\" target=\"_blank\">one drop rule<\/a>\u201d colloquial term for people labeled black even though they have only one black relative&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/bronx\/pop-cafe-spurs-dialogue-racially-charged-drink-names-article-1.2049204\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popup cafe uses derogatory drink names in bid to get people talking about race New York Daily News 2014-12-17 Ben Kochman The bizarre java joint offers drinks with derogatory names like \u201cThe Half Breed\u201d and \u201cThe Mutt,\u201d which organizers insist will help start a helpful conversation about race, even if some are offended. 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