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EENIE MEENIE MINY MOE - Wheel of Fortune Racist!
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:26 pm
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.
Not long after “EENIE MEENIE MINY MOE CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE” was revealed as the solution to the “Rhyme Time” category, many took to Twitter to slam Wheel of Fortune for its use of a racist puzzle.
Yahoo News
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.
Not long after “EENIE MEENIE MINY MOE CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE” was revealed as the solution to the “Rhyme Time” category, many took to Twitter to slam Wheel of Fortune for its use of a racist puzzle.
Yahoo News
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Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:27 pm to blueridgeTiger
Of course it's racist.
Duh!
Duh!
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:27 pm to blueridgeTiger
White liberals are the WOAT
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:28 pm to blueridgeTiger
Well that's just poor planning on their part.
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:29 pm to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:31 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:
EENIE MEENIE MINY MOE CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE,”
Never heard this
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“Tiger” in the rhyme was originally an “N-slur.
Heard that version many times when I was a kid.
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:31 pm to blueridgeTiger
Didn't some Southwest stewardess get in hot water for saying this a couple decades ago?
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:31 pm to blueridgeTiger
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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
This is not true at all
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:32 pm to Ponchy Tiger
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Never heard this
It’s in Pulp Fiction
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:34 pm to MrFreakinMiyagi
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This is not true at all
Guess you arent from Evangeline parish LOL
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:34 pm to blueridgeTiger
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According to Vox
Just for future reference everything after this phrase is always lies, propaganda, and bullshite.
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:34 pm to blueridgeTiger
This story is bullshite. Show me the historical research that proves it.
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:34 pm to blueridgeTiger
Your source is yahoo and vox?
Come on man
Come on man
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:35 pm to MrFreakinMiyagi
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It’s in Pulp Fiction
What scene?
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:35 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Not long after “EENIE MEENIE MINY MOE CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE” was revealed as the solution to the “Rhyme Time” category, many took to Twitter to slam Wheel of Fortune for its use of a racist puzzle.
This sounds like one of those stories that actually like 3 people complained on Twitter and they made a news story out of it.
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:37 pm to East Coast Band
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What scene?
Pawn Shop
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:40 pm to blueridgeTiger
Yeah, I remember a couple of black ladies sued Southwest Airlines several years back because the flight attendant said “ Eenie, Meenie, Miny, Moe, grab a seat we’ve got to go”
I don’t think the case went anywhere, but in made national news
I don’t think the case went anywhere, but in made national news
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:40 pm to Homey the Clown
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Guess you arent from Evangeline parish LOL
Did you hear this in Blood Bend or Bunkie?
Posted on 9/26/22 at 7:41 pm to blueridgeTiger
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many took to Twitter
To yell into a sea of foreigners and bots. Stop the presses. Surely a new law can fix this tragedy.
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