I lived those days and everybody was was compared to apes and monkeys. Even me because of my build. Grow up.
My nickname was Money Man, because I had a squirrel monkey. However, it is not the same, because blacks were often said to look like monkeys, apes and other ape like creatures. It was not done in a playful manner. There is a legitimate case for their being upset. Not a case of my growing up at all. Rather just recognizing and accepting the facts that comparing them to apes & other primates is not done as a playful thing, but a hurtful thing.
Come on, you can do the monkey,children
Yea, you're doing Mickey's monkey, children
Lum di lum di lie
Lum di lum di lie
Do the monkey, Mickey's monkey
Do the monkey, Mickey's monkey
Mickey's monkey
Mickey's monkey