Could This Be One Of The Most Racist Games In History?
Black History Year
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🗓️ 4 October 2024
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The man’s voice could be heard over almost everything else at the fall carnival. “Three tries for a nickel,” folks heard the promoter yell. “Hit the Negro in the head and win a prize!” What kind of game was this?
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| 0:25.7 | The man's voice could be heard over almost everything else at the fall carnival. |
| 0:31.7 | Three tries for a nickel. |
| 0:34.1 | Folks heard the promoter yell. |
| 0:36.4 | Hit the Negro in the head and win a prize. |
| 0:40.3 | What kind of game was this? |
| 0:43.3 | This is Two-Minute Black History, |
| 0:46.3 | What You Didn't Learn in School. |
| 0:53.3 | You won't believe what used to be one of the most popular carnival games in America. |
| 1:00.0 | There was a jungle backdrop with a hole in the middle. |
| 1:03.6 | The premise of the game was to use baseballs to clobber what popped up in the hole before it disappeared. |
| 1:11.6 | Want to know what popped up? |
| 1:13.6 | A black man's face. |
| 1:15.6 | As incredible as this sounds, that's not the worst part. |
| 1:20.6 | The faces were real. |
| 1:24.6 | Actual black men were hired just to have baseballs grown at their head and faces. |
| 1:32.3 | The men often suffered horrible injuries. And what was the name of this barbaric game? |
| 1:39.3 | African Dodger. |
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