How did “cakewalk” go from a dance done by slaves to meaning “easy victory”? Especially when it means a task easily done. You know... like the bloody game we used to play at church! https://www.thegamegal.com/2014/06/05/cakewalk/
The term originated with the blacks FWICS.
I will tell you how the author got this one. The Research:
When she was a little child there was a popular picture book that depicted a cakewalk as a dance to win a cake in a black church community.
Like there were NO OTHER COMMUNITIES that used the idea or term.
Because the author is limited and cognitively inflexible.
I won three cakes one year at the church fair.
"Golliwog" is a "racist" term, as is "cakewalk." The composer of the classic tune Clair de Lune (Moonlight) was a vile white supremacist!