Incorrect title
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hornacek — 22 years ago(October 14, 2003 09:56 AM)
Actually, the original title of the book (and the nursery rhyme) was 'Ten Little Niggers' Since the original title was not acceptable, the movie's title was changed (and even Christie changed the title of her book).
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quark42 — 22 years ago(November 27, 2003 07:54 PM)
(ugh) Yet again I find out ex post facto that I was taught a "nursery rhyme" that was originally a FREAKIN KKK RHYME!!! Parents need to find out about this kind of stuff before their kids do. I've used "eeny meenie miney moe" in public for YEARS without having any idea how many people I was offending.
Granted I don't think political correctness is anything but a total eggshell walk. Still, I become less and less proud of my southern heritage.
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racefastsafecar — 21 years ago(October 05, 2004 04:58 PM)
^^^ Perhaps "eeny meenie miney moe", is offensive to the vertically challenged, but then again I'm just guessing, I could be wrong
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Tim-O-T — 11 years ago(December 29, 2014 07:24 AM)
When my son was young, he once started saying "Eeny meanie miney moe" when with neighborhood kids and choosing who was "IT" for tag. With mouth agap, I couldn't believe he was using this. Then, he said, "Catch a TIGER by the toe." Relieved, I asked where he learned that and he said, "At daycare!" LOL
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mdonln — 10 years ago(August 10, 2015 08:13 AM)
That's how I learned it too; a tiger. What I've later discovered is that an awful lot of the little rhymes we learn as children started out as something very different, much more negative, than what they later became.
Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan.
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mdonln — 10 years ago(August 10, 2015 10:23 AM)
I'm surprised it was seen as offensive back then. I guess people were a lot more sensitive to racial issues than we would tend to believe.
I'm surprised the reference to Indians hasn't caused problems. These days under the PC police almost anything we say or do, whether it really is offensive or not, it's considered to be.
Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan.
[Tarzan and his mate]