Slaves called some types of sweet potatoes "yams" because they resembled actual yams in Africa. Some people still call them that, but in the US if you refer to a sweet potato as a "yam" on a label, you have to include "sweet potato" as well. I think it would be best if we only used the word "yam" to refer to real yams, especially since both are available (in larger cities, at least) now.
And the angel of the lord came unto me
Snatching me up from my place of slumber
And took me on high and higher still
Until we moved to the spaces betwixt the air itself
And he brought me into a vast farmlands of our own Midwest
And as we descended cries of impending doom rose from the soil
One thousand nay a million voices full of fear
And terror possessed me then
And I begged Angel of the Lord what are these tortured screams?
And the angel said unto me
These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots!
You see, Reverend Maynard
Tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust
And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat
Like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared
"Hear me now, I have seen the light!
They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul!
Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!
Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank you Jesus
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u/JustSomebody56 1d ago
Don’t insult carrots!