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HOW THE RACCON CLIMB THE TREE,
DARK AS HIS EYEHOLE NASSHOLEE SEEM TO BE,
TICKLED THE THE POSSUM TO HIS HEART,
TO SEE THE RACOON CLIMB AND FART.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): RACCOON

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse
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Date learned: 10-00-1974

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THE RACCOON'S EYE MARKINGS

BECAUSE THE RACCOON WAS SUCH A SNEAKY ANIMAL, GOD GAVE HIM A BLACK
MASK SO HE'D LOOK LIKE A CRIMINAL.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): RACCOON

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Characteristics of Animals

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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Vocabulary of Prejudiced Group:

During the first moon walk, prejudiced people in Flint would chant "Coon to the Moon."

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Were they black or white or both?
All were white

sense of "coon to the moon?"

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD ; Watkins, Dallas

Keyword(s): CHANT ; Coon ; FLINT ; Language ; MICHIGAN ; MOON ; Moonwalk ; PREJUDICE ; RACISM ; SLANG ; Space

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
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