Posted on 09/26/2022 9:57:19 PM PDT by grundle
Wheel of Fortune and host Pat Sajak have been catching a lot of heat these last few days.
During a recent episode of ABC’s hit game show, a puzzle with a racist history in the United States was presented as one for contestants to solve. The category was “Rhyme Time,” and the answer was later revealed as “EENIE MEENIE MINY MOE CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE,” which didn’t sit well with viewers.
According to Vox, the original version of this rhyme is “rooted in the slave trade,” and was not used by children but by slave-owners. “Tiger” in the rhyme was originally an “N-slur.”
Knowing this, per The Sun, many took to Twitter to slam Wheel of Fortune for using a puzzle with a racist past.
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Lol!
We said “piggy” when I was a child. “Catch a piggy by the toe.”
I never heard it with the word “tiger,” either, or with any other word.
A pig would holler if you caught it by the toe, whereas a tiger would kill you.
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo, Lazamataz puts on a show!
If you are, than I am too. I laughed my ass off at that.
Didn't hear the Tiger version until moving to Minnesota.
Thought it was dumb.
Hey. Things change. Do you know what else used to be blatantly racist and anti-black? The Democratic Party.
That was funny. lol
The “Nagger” Wheel of Fortune episode of South Park was one of their best.
What should be understood here is:
...that white people in authority are telling the black (underclass) when they are being insulted.
This should result in a soft pat on their hat from the offender along with an apology.
The leftist white authority then explains to the black (underclass) that they have gained stature and “progress” further out of their plight.
And, from now on, the black (underclass) should look to the whites in authority to do their thinking for them.
That’s the only way they can advance, through the ideological largesse of the white authority.
There is still a plantation and it is a psychological one.
From the comments:
“Too bad he didn’t stay open long enough to give blacks their well-deserved 3/5’s discount.”
Liberals are racists.
Sajak is 76, has many millions of dollars, has always been an unapologetic conservative, and has always been embarrassed to be a mere game show host. I doubt he gives a damn about this. He probably would love to step down.
Got it? The "N-word" is gone, but can never be erased. It's still there and will be used to condemn innocent people for the remainder of the life of the universe.
Makes as much sense as calling people racist whose grandparents came to the USA after slavery had ended, but who are condemned as racist because their skin shade resembles that of the actual, dead, people who had slaves.
Yahoo is the sound
a B. makes when it S.’s
Eeny meeny money mo, Kamala Harris, she be a ho.
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo. My, how did Hillary’s cankles grow.
Sajak should respond, nigah please!
Otherwise, it’s high time the Wheel’s racist agenda is exposed.
Also, the Wheel is anti democracy. Doesn’t believes there are more than 2 genders.
Is not for open borders ( evident in the fact it has never had an illegal as a contestant)
Not to mention Pat and Vanas excessive use of the “n” word..and they both put Aunt Jamima syrup on their pan cakes!
Off with their heads!
Isn’t it catch a nagger by the toe?
In Texas, 1958, it was the same.
The rhyme ended "If he hollers, make him pay, Fifty dollars, every day."
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