I don't think it's helpful for anyone to suggest to anyone else, "The only reason you say that is your race." (5*) " Please don't attempt to speak for the entire world, as you do when you suggest that only an ignorant white person could possibly fail to suspect Lisi of making that reference on purpose (4*). I am quite confident you could find plenty of black viewers who don't believe she knew anything about this version of the rhyme (3*). It has only to do with doubting that she would knowingly put herself in the position she put herself in here. It has nothing to do with doubting her, or anyone else's, capacity for racism, nor with the seriousness of racism as a societal problem. My position on Lisi's use of this phrase has to do with thinking she's an idiot, and far too concerned with what other people think to say anything that would so obviously reveal racist attitudes. "You know, I don't really mind if you don't like the writing, but I don't appreciate being lectured about my motives any more than you would if you were in my position (2*). To not suspect Lisi's use of the "Eeny Meeny Miny Mo" rhyme is, I have to say, a white person's luxury. If I walked through life throwing such suspicions so easily to the wind, I'd be unarmed in the face of too much racial mind-fuckery." (1*)
"I thought Miss Alli's recap was fun and insightful, as usual - except for on this point about Lisi. Newbie in the Survivor forum who mistakenly thinks Miss Alli wants to hear criticism about her finale recap: This little blurb caused a minor fracas in the forums that Hypnotoad took to sucks and reminded us all again about why Miss Alli Sucks:Īww. (*there's a link to the wiki about the song that I've included below) I don't think for one minute that she knows just how much she shouldn't do this*, but it's the risk you take when you decide to be a bitch." " Lisi immediately goes here: "Eenie meenie miney mo, catch a liar by the toe." Oh, Lisi. They've been pretty quiet lately, but then Miss Alli wrote this in her recap: I don't watch Survivor or Big Brother and I refuse to read anything she recaps (I'm very loyal in my hatred) so really the only clues I get into her moderating madness are through Sucks. She's been pretty low-key and actually smart (as she can be) and funny (as she can be) in the Bug Reports thread where I usually rest my head, and she's even answered a few questions of mine in a civil manner. And maybe choose your ice cream trucks a little more carefully now.So I've never hidden my disdain for Miss Alli of TWoP but I did make a concentrated effort to not be so vocal about it since I was interacting more there.
But Columbia Records is no stranger to making blackface-era music that used the popular tune. In short, 19th century ice cream parlors played popular minstrel songs of the day, and when ice cream trucks became popular, the music boxes installed in them to advertise their presence in a neighborhood would play those same old tunes to draw people in. We just…can’t.
Nigger love a watermelon ha ha, ha ha! For here, they’re made with a half a pound of co’l There’s nothing like a watermelon for a hungry coon The song, “Nigger Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!” was released in 1916 on Columbia Records and has the following lyrics:īrowne: “You niggers quit throwin’ them bones and come down and get your ice cream!”īlack men (incredulously): “Ice Cream?!?”īrowne: “Yes, ice cream! Colored man’s ice cream: WATERMELON!!” Johnson, who dug up its racist roots when he discovered the original tune by Harry C. The ice cream tune that conditioned us to beg mom and dad for money has some pretty fucked up roots. Is anything sacred? Like…at least ice cream. Are you telling me that every time I ran to the ice cream truck I was engaging in some totally racist, stereotypical shit?” Yep.
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