Claim: A viral TikTok video accurately reported the expression "good morning" comes from white, English-speaking slave owners wishing their Black slaves a "good mourning" after owners killed or otherwise harmed the slaves' loved ones.
Fact-check: Saying 'Good Morning' Started as Mockery of Black Enslaved People?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Date published: 2024-03-27T13:00:06