# Where does "Black people don't eat mayo/Mayonnaise is a white people food" come from?

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**Created:** [April 27, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-black-people-dont-eat-mayo-mayonnaise-is-a-white-people-food-come-from/852662 "2020-04-27T10:24:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-black-people-dont-eat-mayo-mayonnaise-is-a-white-people-food-come-from/852662/41 "2020-04-29T17:56:40Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Are we missing the obvious thing that mayonnaise is \*literally \*white, and so, like white bread, there’s a bit of sympathetic magic in the association?

Please get your eyes checked. Whipped cream is white. Mayo is a pale yellow. Put some of each next to each other, you will see a clear difference.

Unless you speak of that abomination called Miracle Whip, which is NOT mayo. That crap might be white, I haven’t seen an open jar in decades.

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**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-black-people-dont-eat-mayo-mayonnaise-is-a-white-people-food-come-from/852662/42 "2020-04-29T20:06:53Z")

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> [@BwanaBob](#):
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> Please get your eyes checked. Whipped cream is white. Mayo is a pale yellow. Put some of each next to each other, you will see a clear difference.
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> Unless you speak of that abomination called Miracle Whip, which is NOT mayo. That crap might be white, I haven’t seen an open jar in decades.

Miracle Whip is the reason that, for years, I thought I did not like mayo. I mistakenly thought it was mayo. When I finally tried the real thing, it was a revelation.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-black-people-dont-eat-mayo-mayonnaise-is-a-white-people-food-come-from/852662/43 "2020-04-29T21:10:22Z")

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> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#):
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> In _Annie Hall_, Annie orders a pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise. That’s supposed to show that she doesn’t know much about typical Jewish food. That was 43 years ago, and I think that it’s long out of date as a valid observation.

In Hannah and Her Sisters (I think) Woody decides to convert to Christianity and goes shopping. He unpacks a paper bag with a crucifix, a Bible, a loaf of Wonder Bread and a jar of mayo.  
I saw this in a theater in Houston. Only one person besides me laughed.

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