Can't post this on Reddit! Lolz!
Ok, I'm driving to work and my mind is wandering, and it suddenly occurs to me what progressives find offensive about the beloved children's book: Little Black Sambo (1899)
A rundown of the story: see if you can spot the offensive part(s)! Maybe I'll also translate this into "Ghetto Speak" for modern audiences :>
Read it here text only due to possibly nsfw images. (Bonus: Little Black Mingo!)
- Sambo's parents buy him some fancy clothes
1a. His mother (Mumbo) makes him a jacket and trousers
1.b His father (Jumbo) buys him shoes and an umbrella - He goes for a walk
- He meets a tiger, who steals his jacket
- He meets another tiger, who steals his pants
- He meets another tiger, who steals his shoes (and wears them on his ears)
- Tiger #4 steals his umbrella (who carries it with his tail)
- Then the tigers started fighting, and chased each other around a tree until they melted into butter.
- Sambo retrieves his fancy clothes and goes home
- Sambo's father finds the butter and brings it home for dinner
- Then Sambo sits down to dinner with his mother and father and they eat lots of pancakes with (tiger) butter.
The End.
A few years back I was helping my ex-girlfriend’s parents clean out their garage for a yard sale and I found a copy of the Little Black Sambo board game and a bunch of lawn jockeys.
Board Game Geeks has it covered! Looks... bad :o