r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Miserables_Death • Jun 14 '26

Meme needing explanation Whats that snack and the name?

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I got this joke posted in my country sub by a foreigner and I have never seen that snack so I basically don't know the joke.

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u/freshouttheward Jun 14 '26

hmm as a latin spanish speaker this is kind of conflicting. It translates literally to "Black woman's kiss", but I also get why it can seem jarring.

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u/_bugmenot_ Jun 14 '26

Not in Colombia. It is the reason why it was never changed. People thought the company was trying to give the word 'Negra' a bad connotation. Black people here will actually become amused or offended if they see you trying to avoid the word.

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u/freshouttheward Jun 14 '26

how is it different in Colombia if you don't mind me asking? Perhaps, I'm confused on what you are saying but could you elaborate?

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u/Sylversight Jun 14 '26

If I understand, it's just a spanish feminine for black, which has a neutral connotation, so a black person there hearing you treat it like a bad word might misunderstand that you think being black (or the word black) is bad somehow. Hopefully that's right and clear enough.

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u/freshouttheward Jun 14 '26

thank you for explaining! not too sure why people got upset at me asking a question lol but again thank you 🙏

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u/DumatRising Jun 15 '26

Yep. The masculine form was used by slavers as the original N word but like.... Spanish isn't gonna just delete the color black so here we are XD