This word "mine(s)" has nothing to do with anyone's background. So people racist comment should not be in this conversation. I am a black women and mother and this word mines is in all of our vocabulary for instance "Be mine Valentines".My son teacher which is Caucasian seens Vocabulary words home ever week and Mine was one of them so im teaching him how to use the word in a sentence correctly. Its a word that can be use in many different ways and people and I do mean all people use this word no matter there background. We as people use the word "mine" in some way if it was in joy or in a disagreement.