1874 kid's game is shockingly racist. I Googled – it's legit(geekslop.com)
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1874 kid's game is shockingly racist. I Googled – it's legit
https://www.geekslop.com/features/society-and-culture/fads-and-trends/fads-and-trends-1800/2010/the-board-game-craze-of-the-1890s
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It's down in the pictorial gallery at the end of the page. Click the picture to view the details about the game. "Chopped up N*g#rs" was a puzzle game from board game leader McLoughlin Brothers in 1875. Puzzle features a fleeing African American minstrel caricature ringing a bell. It's a rare collector's item that sells for four thousdands of dollars. It boggles my mind to think this game even exists, much less that it was from a very popular game manufacturuer and thus, probably found its way into countless American homes.
"It boggles my mind to think this game even exists"
Does it, though? Remember that this was only a couple of decades after half the country was willing to kill the other half or die trying to keep black people enslaved.
Underestimating the viciousness and stupidity of people will always leave you surprised and disappointed.
Does it, though? Remember that this was only a couple of decades after half the country was willing to kill the other half or die trying to keep black people enslaved.
Underestimating the viciousness and stupidity of people will always leave you surprised and disappointed.