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[edit] Also a mild racial slur (nope, not)

"Darkie" is also a term referring (generally condescendingly, though not necessarily with deliberate insult) to African Americans, as in Stephen Foster's "'Tis summer, the darkies are gay" in "My Old Kentucky Home". Worth a disambiguation, or strictly Wiktionary? -- Jmabel | Talk 01:19, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Oops, I'm wrong, that's "darky". - Jmabel | Talk 01:21, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thai toothpaste

Darkie is also a brand of Asian toothpaste that features a minstrel style African person as its logo, produced by Hawley & Hazel. Sold in Thailand and Taiwan, possibly elsewhere. Murple 04:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Worth a mention at darky iconography rather than here. - Jmabel | Talk 02:27, 4 December 2006 (UTC)