Trying to get passengers to take their seats, Southwest Airlines flight attendant Jennifer Cundiff said over the intercom, "Eenie, meenie, minie, moe pick a seat, we gotta go." Louise Sawyer, 46, of Merriam, and Grace Fuller, 48, of Lenexa, have sued Southwest Airlines alleging that they were discriminated against and suffered physical and emotional distress on a crowded February 2001 flight after an attendant uttered the rhyme.
Posted on 8:40:49 AM PST by TroutStalkerĪ widely recognized rhyme - and how it was used on a flight - are the focus of a case headed for trial in federal court in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Star ^ | Monday, Febru| ROBERT A. Rhyme at center of lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Original story(ies) posted last year (link at bottom) Navigation: use the links below to view more comments. KEYWORDS: lawsuit nursuryrhyme racial southwestairlines Southwest Airlines asserted that the use of the rhyme by its employee was not used in a racist manner and was a completely innocent and amusing way for the attendant to urge passengers to take their seats.Ĭomments: Editor's Note: Judge Vratil sustained Southwest Airlines' motion for summary judgment in part before trial on the Plaintiffs' negligent infliction of emotional distress claims. O'Connell Douthit, Frets, Rouse & Gentile, L.L.C., Kansas City, Missouriĭescription: Plaintiffs claimed that in February 2001 they suffered emotional distress and physical injury as a result of Southwest Airline Flight Attendant Jennifer Cundiff say over the intercom in the Las Vegas to Kansas City flight which was preparing to take off "Eeenie, meenie, minie, mo, pick a seat, we gotta go." The plaintiffs, who are African American sisters, took the statement by Cundiff to be racist because they were still attempting to find seats on the crowded aircraft having just boarded as standby passengers.
McKee of Baker, Sterchi, Cowden & Rice, L.L.C., Kansas City, Missouri Mary C. Wissel and Elizabeth Drill Nay of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Kansas City, Missouirĭefendant's Attorney: Todd W. Southwest Airlines and Jennifer CundiffĬourt: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Posted on 8:37:03 PM PST by Combat Override ButtonĬase Style: Louise Sawyer and Grace Fuller v. | United States District Court for the District of Kansas
Eenie, meenie, minie, moe racial slur lawsuit update Anyhow, here’s “Ten Little Indians.Skip to comments. Instagram are so many videos of cartoon characters singing these racist nursery songs, aren’t there? So disturbing. Knowing its origins, surely we can find another way to help kids make choices. “Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe” Instagram a seemingly harmless video of some cartoon characters singing this song.
If you have any doubt as to the origins of this song, this video is all you need to see.ģ.
“Camptown Races” Instagram out this horrifying video of Camptown Races by Al Jolson and his band.
“Jimmy Crack Corn” Instagram a video of Big Bill Broonzy singing “Jimmy Crack Corn.”Ģ. These songs were created with the intention of belittling and demeaning Black people and I think we need to be teaching our children some more wholesome songs that don’t have such an ugly history. And as kids do, we just went about our day.įor most of the racist childhood songs on this list, the lyrics have been adjusted over time, and that’s great. For most of them, I wasn’t aware of the racist connotations, although I did once hear a playmate singing the racist version of “Eenie Meenie Miney Moe.” It was shocking and a hush came over the group before someone started nervously laughing. Many of the racist childhood songs on this list are songs that were routinely sung by me and other kids I know, and we didn’t know their original lyrics or origins. Most adults remember at least some lines of the popular nursery songs of our childhood.