The Racist History of “Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe”
A group of kids gets together to play a game of tag and nobody wants to be “it.” The children don’t suddenly slip into chaos trying to decide who “it” is going to be—they possess a rhythmic selection procedure, parts of which have probably been around in some form for centuries. It goes something like this: Eenie, meenie, miney, moe, Catch a tiger by the …