Popup cafe uses derogatory drink names in bid to get people talking about race |
Popup cafe uses derogatory drink names in bid to get people talking about race
New York Daily News
2014-12-17
 The bizarre java joint offers drinks with derogatory names like “The Half Breed” and “The Mutt,” which organizers insist will help start a helpful conversation about race, even if some are offended. (Ben Kochman/New York Daily News) |
Come for the java, stay for the jolting chat about race.
Organizers of a Bronx pop-up café and art installation selling drinks with derogatory names are OK if you’re offended — at first.
“If you come in and you’re offended, then maybe you’ll leave and maybe be more sensitive before you say these things to other people,” said Vernicia Colon, co-founder of the Mix Coffeehaus, a temporary shop in Mott Haven.
Drinks include “The Mulatto” — part espresso, part milk — and “The One Drop” — a hot chocolate made from chocolate syrup dropped into hot milk — a play on the “one drop rule” colloquial term for people labeled black even though they have only one black relative…
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Tags: Ben Kochman, Bronx, Mix Coffeehaus, Mott Haven, New York, New York City, New York Daily News, Peter Medina, Vernicia Colon