Yes they would . Cowboys and Indians? Can’t violate political correctness.
My friends and I decades ago played World War II games , in which we had teams of Japs and Gerries. Holy moly, we would all be arrested nowadays for that.
In the second grade, that was pretty much the only game we played at recess.
“My friends and I decades ago played World War II games , in which we had teams of Japs and Gerries. Holy moly, we would all be arrested nowadays for that.”
Depending on the neighborhood, you would would not be arrested, you would be shot!
When I was a kid they had Nazi GI Joes.
Same here. Grew up in a Northern city and we would run around the neighborhood with our arsenal of plastic lever actions, sniper rifles, machine guns, pistols, etc. We would ‘shoot’ each other and if you got shot you’d have to count to 10 Mississippi or something. Bonus points if you had a cap gun and could make ‘real’ gun sounds.
Don’t believe any of us later became psycho killers. None of the neighbors had a fainting spell seeing us, or felt the need to call the police. They probably just enjoyed seeing lots of kids playing together...