I take exception to the phrase "plain" vanilla. It is technically incorrect as vanilla is a flavor. The phrase refers to ice flavors and "plain" ice cream would be unflavored. But due to systemic, institutional racist norms, the "white" flavor of ice cream became the "plain" or normative standard while ice creams of other, darker complexions , brown chocolates, red cherries and strawberries, butterscotches and others became marginalized and considered "exotic".

By referring to vanilla as "plain" it demeans and discounts the contributions and hard work of those who grow and produce the vanilla bean, and others in the food production industry, many working in sweatshop conditions for little or no pay while those at the top grow rich off the toil of those they subjugate and hold down.

The adjective "plain" also hides and conceals the proud Mexican, Central American and Mesoamerican origins of vanilla, or its place in Aztec culture, and the history of conquest and exploitation they endured. Or how Hernan Cortez stole both vanilla and chocolate from the native population and introduced them to a white Europe, all to eager to colonize and plunder.

So, no FB, I say to you with tongue firmly planted in cheek, that not only is the phrase "plain vanilla" racist and euro-centric, but "politically correct" posts need not be boring, nor dull.

And that, fellow cycling enthusiasts is how to take some one else's opinion out of context.

(Just having fun!)