Factcheck this

Saying "good morning" is a racist symbol of white oppression.

0 like 5 dislike
in General Factchecking by Innovator (51.5k points)
Saying "good morning" is a racist symbol of white oppression.
https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1779855817040126069

4 Answers

1 like 0 dislike
by Novice (540 points)
selected by
 
Best answer

This is not true. However, a viral TikTok says differently, saying that the term "good morning" was a term depicted by slave owners who would say "good mourning" to slaves after they had killed another slave. It has been proven that the term "morning" originated not in colonial times or slavery. "Morning" and "Mourning" are homophones, which are words that sound the same but have different meanings, spellings, and origins. So this is NOT true. 

Source: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/good-morning-mocked-slaves/

1 like 0 dislike
by Newbie (200 points)
Saying good morning isn't a racist symbol of white oppression.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-posts-claim-saying-155000707.html

This was uploaded to Tik Tok and X, which are not necessarily check for facts. The report I obtained is from YahooNews.

Likely misinformation.
1 like 0 dislike
by Newbie (270 points)

It's a form of manners, not every term has to be linked to a form of oppression. When we oppress words and deprive their meaning of colonization, we can never heal from the past. Saying Good morning in society isn't targeting nor degrading a group. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/tek9qi/why_do_so_many_cultures_say_good_morning_and_good/

2 like 0 dislike
by Novice (700 points)

The earliest example of using "good morning" was in the early 1800s according to Oxford English Dictionary. The origin of this claim came from a TikTok video posted by user @outkast.naii, and in the original video the user has edited the caption to say "My apologies, IT WASN'T the ORIGIN. made a mistake saying that part."

False

Categories

Community Rules

• Be respectful
• Always list your sources and include links so readers can check them for themselves.
• Use primary sources when you can, and only go to credible secondary sources if necessary.
• Try to rely on more than one source, especially for big claims.
• Point out if sources you quote have interests that could affect how accurate their evidence is.
• Watch for bias in sources and let readers know if you find anything that might influence their perspective.
• Show all the important evidence, whether it supports or goes against the claim.
Snow Theme by Q2A Market
Powered by Question2Answer
...