Esmeralda
Diamond Member
I remember one time, long time ago, when I was working in an office. It was Christmas time, and our small office didn't have a Christmas party, but one of the 3 young women I worked with had groceries in her car trunk and had some vodka. But we didn't have a mixer and weren't allowed to go to the store and get some. She had a package of kool-aid in her groceries, and there was sugar in the office kitchen, so we had vodka and cool-aid. Only time I've ever done that, but I've heard from others, in an emergency, they did the same. None of us in the office that day were black.I don't think people are saying it's a stereotype for 'poor,' only that we drank it a lot when we were growing up because it was cheap and our families didn't have much money. It was a staple in my family when I was growing up. We were low economic working class people.Never heard of it. I knew poor people drink it a lot....it's cheap and mixed with water it tastes good.
Yes, but it was more of stereotype more associated with poor people. As a poor kid it was a staple in our house.
Here's at least two comments as a stereotype for "poor". I've never considered that either, although if I thought about it, Kool Aid would not be something I'd expect in a rich person's house -- obviously it's not Perrier -- but the reverse didn't occur to me.
I suspect what this poll might ferret out is not so much how many of us heard of this one or that one, but how seriously we lean on stereotype in general. I have to admit, I'm not one to take them seriously.
I don't know about the 'sweet tea,' you all are talking about in this thread. To me, sweet tea is a cup of black tea with milk and sugar, the way the British drink it. I was raised drinking tea that way and still do. I put sugar in it depending if I'm eating something sweet with it. If I'm eating cookies with it, I don't put sugar in the tea--overall, too much sweet.