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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman ^
| 9/14/2009
| pansgold
Posted on 09/14/2009 7:09:36 PM PDT by pansgold
How times have changed...
When I was a child of 3 mother read this story to me.
I wasn't racist then and I'm not racist now. This was a great story then and it's a great story now.
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:09:37 PM PDT
by
pansgold
To: pansgold
Wow! I don’t remember Little Black Sambo being such a long story!
To: classified
You fell asleep half way through.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:15:00 PM PDT
by
pansgold
To: pansgold
That sound you are hearing is liberals getting all wee-weed up as they read this again.
To: pansgold
It’s not racist, it tells the tale of how Sambo out smarted the tiger is the hero of the tale. As ever with liberals, the big complaint was about symbols, not content.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:18:39 PM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
To: pansgold
I recall the Sambos resturant that served pancakes. They didn’t make it through the PC days of the 70’s.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:18:47 PM PDT
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
To: Sudetenland
oops I meant to say ...Sambo is the hero...
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:19:35 PM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
To: Sudetenland
I agree. That’s why I was shocked to find it online in ebook form. The tigers melted into butter...
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:20:19 PM PDT
by
pansgold
To: pansgold
The sad thing is...Bannerman wrote this story about the little children from INDIA that she admired. It was never even about Africans at all.
It seems like anything that they can shout “racism” about, they will. Even if it is completely unrelated.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:20:54 PM PDT
by
dianed
To: pansgold
I just glanced through this version but does in end with the tiger turning into butter?
To: stubernx98
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:21:59 PM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
(You know how it is: you wait ages for a good sperm story and then they all come at once.)
To: classified
It sure does and Sambo takes some home for...get ready... pancakes
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:23:56 PM PDT
by
pansgold
To: dianed
It was never even about Africans at all. The tigers should have been the clue. No wild tigers in Africa.
Oh, yeah, and when the tigers melted, they turned into "ghi". That's as Indian as it comes.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:24:19 PM PDT
by
thulldud
(It HAS happened here!)
To: classified
Beautiful! I am a childrens' book fanatic. Love the illustrations!!!
I remember my grandfather had a cabinet in his basement that had some decals on it from the story of Little Black Sambo. Thanks for the memories!!
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:24:51 PM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
(9/12/2009 Wash DC: The most unlikely bunch of domestic terrorists one could ever imagine)
To: pansgold
Saved a copy of it before the libs throw a tantrum and force its removal...you got to know it’s coming...oh the outrage.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:26:45 PM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
To: pansgold
AWHHHHH RIGHT! Just like I remembered!
To: pansgold
AWHHHHH RIGHT! Just like I remembered!
To: dianed
Yeah well, you think a few little details...like the truth...are going to interfere with the book burners of the left?
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:29:24 PM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
To: pansgold
We had the story on a children’s record. I bet it is still in my mom’s basement. I still remember the line: “...a big pool of melted butter.” I think it had something to do with the tiger running round in circles, but I don’t remember!
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:29:37 PM PDT
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
To: pansgold
I remember the book when I was a lad in the very early '50s, and it was a favorite of mine. When my daughters were small, it was still in print. I have a copy with the original illustrations that I picked up then. My kids enjoyed it a few times, but it was never a favorite of theirs. A pity that it's considered so politically incorrect -- it was indeed about India, as the reference to the tigers and ghi (for butter) should make obvious to anyone but (as Lord Russell put it) an unusually stupid child of ten.
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posted on
09/14/2009 7:29:58 PM PDT
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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