Black gold
Black gold is a lexicalized metaphor for ( black or dark) fabrics that are called ' gold ' (in the sense of something valuable) because of their preciousness . Accordingly, there is also white gold .
Use for raw materials and food
- oil
- Guinness
- Jaegermeister
- caviar
- Vinyl ( record )
- coffee
- coal
- Styrian pumpkin seed oil (Austria)
- licorice
- Oud (fragrance) from the resin of Agarbaums won
- petroleum
- pepper
- chocolate
- Shakudō , a traditional Japanese metal alloy that is also used for jewelry
- truffle
Use in the slave trade
“Black gold” was a despicable term for black slaves during the time of the Atlantic slave trade .
Music, everyday language
In 1979 coal was the subject of the title "Black Gold", sung by Peter Alexander (authors: Ralph Siegel , Bernd Opinioner and Werner Schüler ).
Falco dealt with the subject of cocaine with the song "Mother, the man with the coke is there" , and here also uses the metaphor "Black Gold"