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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We said “monkey” instead of “tiger” and it was a counting out game to decide who became “it” in tag or whatever.
Yep.
“My mother told me to pick the very best one…”
I no longer give a rat’s ass about the perpetually offended people in this nation. Regardless of their race/ethnicity, they will always find a reason to be offended and will go to any lengths and mental gymnastics to justify their reason for being offended. The “black community” is a prime example.
We should have picked our own damn cotton and left them in that cesspool called Africa.
lol
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo, When things get weird, the weird turn pro.
In the days before assigned seats, a flight attendant got in trouble for; “Eenie meenie miney moe…. Grab your seat we gotta go”
Sticks and stones will break your bones, but WORDS will NEVER hurt you!
bubble gum bubble gum, in a dish..how many pieces do you wish.....ooorrr...my mother your mother hanging clothes...my mother punched your mother in the nose, what color was the blood..blue or red??....
lol...Brazilian nuts....heh heh..
but leave it to the social worriers to make an innocent thing a bad thing....
My first thought was that Southpark episode 😆.
We just thought it was a short jingle for choosing a player, etc.
We had no idea the "N" word was racist or even associated with black folks.
I had never seen a black person at the time.
The title changed to “and then there were none “
Tony the Tiger yells great! Why would a slave owner let a slave go when catching him just because he hollers? That makes even less sense to me than a tiger hollering, animals do cry out or shout out.
If only we embraced that philosophy as a people those triggered or victimized would be free.
This is because we don’t take the victimhoodeneers aside and teach them to keep their mouths shut and their eyes on their feet and to never, ever open their chum sumps unless asked a direct question.
Society used to do that.
Then we got all Miss Polly Polite indoctrinated.
Now look at us.
Exactly. Now they’ve destroyed the childhoods of millions.
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