Two Bluey episodes pulled by ABC

[icyfroth]

Fans and families have been left shocked after the ABC pulled two episodes of beloved cartoon Bluey, due to “racist” connotations.

As families around the world get more and more hooked on Bluey, they’re also adding new and unlikely words to their vocabulary.

“Cheese and Crackers …”

“For real life …”

“100 dollar bucks …”

If these words sound at all familiar to you and your little ones, you’ve definitely watched your fair share of the popular ABC series.

All are very innocent when used in everyday conversations.

But there is one word used on the show and copied by diehard fans that has been deemed “racist”, resulting in the mysterious disappearance of two episodes using the word.

The word used in the episode, as well as another, is “ooga booga” and as a result of the complaints, TV bosses have decided to rework two episodes.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/two-bluey-episodes-pulled-by-abc-over-racist-connotations/n...

I wonder what the other one was?

[the_great_she_elephant]

I don't know about Ooga Booga, but  back in the dark ages, when I was a kid in boarding school, we had our own language called Ayga Bayga - which was created by ading the syllable ayg after the first letter of each syllable of a word.(unless the word or sylable started with a vowel, in which case it preceded that vowel)  e.g. "Waygee haygad aygour aygown layganguaygage." Rattled off quickly it was almost incomprehesible to outsiders. 

[icyfroth]

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@11dustyattic wrote:

I've never heard that expression. It sounds like something being pulled from the nose lol

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It seems not many people other ppl have heard of it, either.

According to the article, the ABC had one single complaint about it. Just one. And they decided to pull it.

Guess they were frightened it could incite a protest march or something.

The way things are going.

[the_great_she_elephant]

Next thing you know, we won't be allowed to refer to pickled cabbage as sauerkraut. 

[icyfroth]

Or call Dachshunds "sausage dogs", lol.

[4channel]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Fans and families have been left shocked after the ABC pulled two episodes of beloved cartoon Bluey, due to “racist” connotations.

As families around the world get more and more hooked on Bluey, they’re also adding new and unlikely words to their vocabulary.

“Cheese and Crackers …”

“For real life …”

“100 dollar bucks …”

If these words sound at all familiar to you and your little ones, you’ve definitely watched your fair share of the popular ABC series.

All are very innocent when used in everyday conversations.

But there is one word used on the show and copied by diehard fans that has been deemed “racist”, resulting in the mysterious disappearance of two episodes using the word.

The word used in the episode, as well as another, is “ooga booga” and as a result of the complaints, TV bosses have decided to rework two episodes.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/two-bluey-episodes-pulled-by-abc-over-racist-connotations/n...

I wonder what the other one was?

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I think that due to the unchecked and unrestrained racism of the past, people today have a knee-jerk reaction when it comes to words that can potentially have double meanings. I believe that some of the "pouncing" on things is to create a reaction, polarise and sell boost circulation of papers etc.. In saying that, I can see some seemingly innocent old children's nursery rhymes and stories having sinister content. This is because they were composed in times where people were ignorant, not educated about other cultures and races in the world. In short, they thought their culure was superior.

[rogespeed]

trouble is the term sounds to non-white - a non-offensive to our indigenous minorities even if they are not offended substitute ?  daisy-waysie ? 

[lionrose.7]

Ring around the Rosey was about the Plague 

I can remember a few songs from my childhood, one of them had the n world in it

One started off I have never seen the like since I was born?

I look back now and think Wow

I have also seen a old bible with picture of the devil and he was a black man also WOW

Some times I hate humans 😞

[the_great_she_elephant]

I remember that song too - it's an old sea shanty:

I've never seen the likes since I was born

As a bicj buck n***** with seaboots on

Singing Johnny come down to Hilo

Poor old man.

I'll wake her,

I'll shake her

I'll wake that girl with the blue dress on

singinging Johnny come down to Hilo

Poor old man.

There are more verses, but that was the only one I knew. I cringe now to think how black people must have felt every time they heard that sung. But of course, because it didn't offend US, we never gave a thought to how it might affect others.

And remember that cute little children's song Polly Wally Doodle?

Oh I came to a river and I couldn't get across,

singing polly wally doodle all the day,

So I jumped on a n***** cos I thought he was a hoss

Singing polly wally doodle al the day.

How could anyone, ever, have have though that was OK?

[imastawka]

Poor old man.
I nebber seen de like since I been born,
When a big buck man wid his sea boots on,
Says "Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!"

Oh! wake her, Oh! shake her,
Oh! wake dat girl wid de blue dress on!
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.

and

I came to a river and couldn't get across
Sing Polly Wolly Doodle all the day
I jumped on a gator and thought he was a hoss
Sing Polly Wolly Doodle all the day.

These are the lyrics I found

[icyfroth]

hmmm, I remember a rhyme:

"Eeny meeny miny mo

catch a N***er by his toe,

if he squeals, let him in,

and hang him on a safety pin"

It was used in the playground to make a decision. Left hand or right hand.

I learned it at school in the late 1950s, along with "God Save The Queen", and the "Lords Prayer"

British colonialism at it's best.