Jim,
Piccanniny is a deeply racist term and has been for the best part of my lifetime

Yes, but only in USA.

In the old thread it is pointed out that the word is in everyday use with no negative connotations in the Caribbean.
Until recently our black community came almost entirely from the Caribbean. If they did not regard it as in any way offensive, why would anyone else?

Having established that the word has only recently become non-pc here, and never was racist, I will not post about it further on a thread about the Labour Party.