Tell the lib that he/she should have more respect for the first successful black movie actor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit
I don’t pretend to understand the offense, but it was exactly because of this actor [whom I had never heard of] that the liberal said the phrase is racist. No doubt it makes sense to the leftist mindset, but I can’t go that deep into the murky levels of victimomology.
Btw, I have a friend who uses the phrase, ‘pickin’ high cotton,’ to describe being in a comfortable or desirable position. I assume leftists would pass out on the fainting couch and require smelling salts if they ever heard that one.