Hey South Jersey, the PC police are calling out jimmies – New Jersey 101.5 FM

Yes the political correctness police are at it again and now theyre coming for your ice cream.

There are a few sure fire ways to tell if someone is from North Jersey or South Jersey. If they say water ice theyre south, Italian ice theyre north. If they say hoagie theyre south, sub theyre north. And those little confections you put on top of your ice cream? If they say jimmies theyre south, sprinkles theyre north.

Well South Jersey, get ready to double down or repent.

Turns out some geniuses somewhere along the line have come up with the narrative that jimmies are racist. And an ice cream shop in Massachusetts, where some New Englanders also call that topping jimmies, is changing the name. They had an ice cream flavor called Just Jimmies but is now changing the name to Just Sprinkles.

Somewhere along the road to Idiocracy some people decided jimmies got their name from the Jim Crow laws which forced racial segregation. Although no one can produce any hard evidence of this origin whatsoever. Still, in candyass 2021 when we all live in perpetual fear of looking bad, the ice cream shop isnt taking any chances.

The company put out a statement saying, While the origins of the word jimmies is unclear, Brighams made the decision to change the name to ensure the brand reflects our values and meets our consumers expectations.

This is pathetic. We are now sanitizing things we arent even sure are racist. Were sanitizing things just in case there could possibly be an eventual slight misunderstanding.

So what are places like South Jersey expected to do? Now that some places are changing the name just in case its racist does that mean if you DONT change the name you ARE racist?

Folks. ITS JUST AN ICE CREAM TOPPING!

Even if jimmies had been based on Jim Crow, which theres no evidence of, no one means that when they order jimmies. It means something completely different now from what it maybe never meant in the first place.

So whats South Jersey going to do with jimmiesgate upon us? Will they change the name to sprinkles? Hell no. Theres a better chance of them changing the name to jawn.

The post above reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Jeff Deminski. Any opinions expressed are Jeff Deminski's own.

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Hey South Jersey, the PC police are calling out jimmies - New Jersey 101.5 FM