As opposed to 'Baa Baa black sheep'?
Is it right that even a century old nursery rhyme is subject to racist bigotry?
2007-10-04 16:24:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
adazhia: Not very bright are you. Bless your cotton socks.
2007-10-04 16:52:16 · update #1
I don't think anything about that is racist. They are talking about a sheep that has black wool. This does exist in nature, does it not?
2007-10-04 16:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Baa Baa Black Sheep was about taxation. It was written in protest to a wool tax. It has nothing to do with any racial connotations. People shouldn't get so upset about something they don't understand. Is the word "black" now politically incorrect? That's ridiculous. The nursery rhyme was believed to be written in the 1200's before any African slavery existed in Europe.
It is also an alliteration and it rhymes. Gray, White, or Pink sheep wouldn't have the same ring to it.
2007-10-04 23:47:40 · answer #2 · answered by Eisbär 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope. The sheep turned pink because he was mixed with like colors.
2007-10-04 23:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by VegasPapi 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its absolutely pathetic that we now have to change all our old favourite nursery rhymes just so that we dont all become racists!!! this country makes me sick.also the answer to one of the other people, yes you can get a black sheep, it has a black head and a white body - west midlands safari park has them.
2007-10-05 00:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, luv, really not, but if you could breed a pink sheep, think of the market for the wool!
2007-10-04 23:40:10 · answer #5 · answered by scooter 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some people just read too deep into things God made that sheep black for a reason not one that degrades black people, he loves them both the same
2007-10-04 23:28:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty straight-forward. There are white sheep, there are black sheep. There are no pink sheep... except for naked ones I suppose.
Fact is that black sheep are rarer so their wool was more sought after. You just turned it to a racist issue. I think you are guilty one here.
2007-10-04 23:31:47 · answer #7 · answered by adazhia 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie.
How now brown cow.
Man this question gives me the blues.
Has the world gone mad!
2007-10-05 00:55:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, but I'll guarantee its subject to political correctness.
2007-10-04 23:29:23 · answer #9 · answered by bucksbowlbound 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you also see the glass as half empty.
2007-10-04 23:29:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋