RACIST NURSERY RHYMES 🤕🍼
Now we all know “Eenie, meenie, minie mo. Catch a Tiger by the toe." but did we know that it wasn’t originally a Tiger we were catching by the toe it actually used to be ‘n*gger’.?
Now we all know “Eenie, meenie, minie mo. Catch a Tiger by the toe." but did we know that it wasn’t originally a Tiger we were catching by the toe it actually used to be ‘n*gger’.?
This was supposedly referring to when slaves would run away and slaveowners would have to run and catch them ‘by the toe’. The rhyme continued on to say “if he hollers, let him go.
Eenie, meenie, Minnie, mo.” However, once the ‘N’ word became more widely unaccepted, various alternatives were made up which is why there are now many different versions.
Racism is embedded into every area of society, even the nursery rhymes. Racist attitudes were fed to children through these songs which just emphasises how normal it has always been to be racist towards black people. Let’s keep educating ourselves
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