"Shocking" and "Racist" T-shirt

[Cold]

Budget clothes retailer Primark has pulled its stocks of a Walking Dead T-shirt after a (one) complaint that it was racist.
The shirt bore the legend "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" and a picture of a bloodied baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire - both the choice of Walking Dead's character Negan who has a little trouble with post apocalyptic zombies being a touch antisocial.

Tasteless, yes. Racist?

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[MarshPhantom]

Because the rest of the phrase contains the N-Word?

[Balmoral]

How can anybody be so fking thick and ignorant not to know what that is?

[robsa]

In Walking Dead they say 'Tiger'. Still not a great idea really.

[Trax]

MarshPhantom said:

Because the rest of the phrase contains the N-Word?

No it doesn't. Some idiot might imagine the N-Word there to cause them-self offense, but no.

[FN2TypeR]

Wel, the perpetrator is white and he does kill an Asian guy..........

Racist!

[amusingduck]

MarshPhantom said:

Because the rest of the phrase contains the N-Word?

I've heard that version before, but I was surprised to find out that it was actually the original version.

Eeny Meeny was very common when I was at school (90s), but it was "Piggy" not N-Word.

[MarshPhantom]

Trax said:

MarshPhantom said:

Because the rest of the phrase contains the N-Word?

No it doesn't. Some idiot might imagine the N-Word there to cause them-self offense, but no.

Please feel free to educate me on the on the origin of the phrase.

[TTwiggy]

Trax said:

MarshPhantom said:

Because the rest of the phrase contains the N-Word?

No it doesn't. Some idiot might imagine the N-Word there to cause them-self offense, but no.

Point of order - the rest of the phrase does contain the N word (assuming it's the original version). It's just not actually printed on the t-shirt.

[Balmoral]

I don't know anything about The Walking Dead, or the sanitised 21st century PC version of the rhyme, so I would read that as per the original context, and I expect many others would too.

[loose cannon]

MarshPhantom said:

Because the rest of the phrase contains the N-Word?

Does it ? Were about's is it on the shirt I can't see it

[Wobbegong]

FN2TypeR said:

Wel, the perpetrator is white and he does kill an Asian guy..........

Racist!

He kills the ginger guy too

I think he is sexist too for not including women

[Hugo a Gogo]

Balmoral said:

I don't know anything about The Walking Dead, or the sanitised 21st century PC version of the rhyme, so I would read that as per the original context, and I expect many others would too.

when I was a kid we said 'tiger', that was back in the 70s, which wasn't the 21st century and PC hadn't been invented

[Wobbegong]

Oh cock

[FN2TypeR]

Wobbegong said:

Oh cock

I was meant to be watching that episode tonight hahaha! Doesn't matter, person in question dies in different circumstances in the comic so I expected it to be on the cards

They get shot through the eye by a chappy with a crossbow.

[chris watton]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Balmoral said:

I don't know anything about The Walking Dead, or the sanitised 21st century PC version of the rhyme, so I would read that as per the original context, and I expect many others would too.

when I was a kid we said 'tiger', that was back in the 70s, which wasn't the 21st century and PC hadn't been invented

Same here, as kids in the '70's, the 'N' word was never used for this. At least not amongst my friends. It was always 'Catch a Tiger by its Toe'

[55palfers]

One complaint?

[Balmoral]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Balmoral said:

I don't know anything about The Walking Dead, or the sanitised 21st century PC version of the rhyme, so I would read that as per the original context, and I expect many others would too.

when I was a kid we said 'tiger', that was back in the 70s, which wasn't the 21st century and PC hadn't been invented

And my experience was very different in the 70's. I remember a bunch of assorted teds, punks and skins united and running through the Victoria centre in Nottingham shouting it out loud to the black kids that used to hang around in a particular area, followed by running fights all the way down to the bus station and a temporary stand off with a bus inspector trying to talk sense (not for long) then some real harm was done and blood spilt until the Police turned up.

[Hugo a Gogo]

maybe, but the point is that it's not a 21st century PC thing, it's never been a nice word to use

[Oakey]

amusingduck said:

I've heard that version before, but I was surprised to find out that it was actually the original version.

Eeny Meeny was very common when I was at school (90s), but it was "Piggy" not N-Word.

That's what it was when I was at Primary school in the 80s too. Usually used when picking who'd be 'it' in tag or whatever.