![]() She says her employees did nothing wrong, so she won't tell them to shut up. Southwest's president, Colleen Barrett, is fighting the suit. I think so too, but amazingly, a federal judge in Kansas City, Kan., said the lawsuit can go forward because "Eenie Meenie" could be viewed as racist. "It's a scam, if you ask me," said a woman. "I think some lawyer and some people are huntin' for some quick bucks," one man said. Lots of people had opinions about the lawsuit. Most older people we asked, white and black, didn't know anything about the racial connotation. Kids we know told us it's just a way to pick someone. The 22-year-old flight attendant said she didn't know anything about "Eenie, Meenie's" racist past - she'd just heard other staff use the rhyme to get passengers to sit. It's true that the rhyme was once a hurtful part of America's racist past, but today few people even know about that. That's why the women say they deserve money - "punitive damages." They suffered "severe emotional distress," because they were "unable to escape the airplane, which was … poisoned with racism." Eenie, meenie, minie mo.Catch a tiger by the toe.If he hollers, let him go.Eenie, meenie, minie mo.īut years ago, some said not "catch a tiger by the toe," but "catch a nigger by the toe."
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