I used that term at work once. Some woke anus gasped and said that was not a term you can say. I asked why. he said “Well, think about it, WHO picked cotton?”.
I said “well, for one mom did as a little kid in the early 1930s in Texas” And she was white.
The look was priceless.
Nice story!
Well, I never picked cotton.
But my mother did, my brother did and my sister did. But my daddy died young...working in a coal mine.