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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH THEM NIGGERS GET AHEAD, THEY STILL HAVE THAT ODOR ABOUT THEM.
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OVERHEARD BY INFORMANT IN A CONVERSATION AT ST. CLAIR'S RESTAURANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): RACISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
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NEGROES WERE TAUGHT THE FOLLOWING:
1. DON'T LOOK AT A WHITE WOMAN BECAUSE THEY WILL HANG YOU. (MAN)
2. DON'T TOUCH ANY ARTICLE WHEN YOU ENTER A STORE OR THEY'LL
THINK YOU ARE SHOPLIFTING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Black ; Inter-racial ; Men ; RACISM ; Relationships ; SEXISM ; Shoplifting ; SHOPPING ; White ; WOMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): RACISM ; SEXISM ; SHOPPING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
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MR. HAMMER TELLS OF AN INCIDENT WHEN A BRAND NEW CORVETTE
(EXPENSIVE AUTOMOBILE) WAS FOR SALE ON A USED
CAR LOT FOR A VERY LOW PRICE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN OWNED
BY SOME NEGRO AND NOW THE CAR REEKED OF "NIGGER SMELL."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DEATH CAR ; RACISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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Ethnic Joke: Black
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Ethnic (Black) Joke
5 Men are on the moon. Because of rocket engine trouble, only 4 can come back to Earth. The captain of the ship proposes a question to be asked to each of the men. If they answer correctly, they return to Earth. If not, they will be left there. He asks the first: "What was the worst sea-going accident of all time?" The crew man replies"The sinking of the Titanic." "Good!" the captain replies. "You have a place with me on the ship." He comes to the second crewman and asks, "how many people died on that ship?" The crew man answers "about 1100 people, sir." "Good!" The captain says. "You have a place on the ship with me." He comes to the third crewman and says "allright nigger, name 'em!"
(Obviously, he didn't make it...)
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The word Negro is written in the top left hand corner of the submission card.
Submission card was located in a pile labeled To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): DEROGATORY ; DEROGATORY SLANG ; Distasteful Jokes ; ETHNIC JOKE ; ETHNIC SLUR ; MOON ; NEGRO ; NIGGER ; RACISM ; Stereotype ; Titanic
James Callow Keyword(s): NEGRO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566 RIDDLE -- W566 Filter - Mature Content |
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Ethnic Joke: Black
Ethnic (Black) Joke:
Did you hear about the accident on the Lodge Freeway Yesterday?
A colored guy stuck his head out of the window while travelling 60 mph, and his lips beat him to death!
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James Callow comment:
The word negro is written in the top left hand corner of the submission card.
Submission card was located in a pile labeled To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; DEROGATORY ; DEROGATORY SLANG ; Distasteful Jokes ; ETHNIC JOKE ; Freeway ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; Stereotype
James Callow Keyword(s): NEGRO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566 RIDDLE -- W566 Filter - Mature Content |
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Proverbial Comparison
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...as shiny as a nigger's heel.
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The word as is underlined.
Dup of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
Keyword(s): Foot ; Heel ; Offensive ; RACISM ; Racist ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison Filter - Mature Content |
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Proverbial Comparison
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Shiny as a nigger's heel.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Foot ; Heel ; Offensive ; RACISM ; Racist ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison Filter - Mature Content |
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Entertainment: Song
Rugby Song:
Ay-yi-yi-yi
Rodriguez the Mexican Pervert,
He'll cornhole your brother and gross out your mother, and waltz you around by your willy.
(This is sung, then a dirty limmerick, then this is repeated.)
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): ; LIMERICK ; Mexican ; Pervert ; Rugby, Sport, Racism ; SONG ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.334 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing Filter - Mature Content |
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Language
Vocabulary of Prejudiced Group:
During the first moon walk, prejudiced people in Flint would chant "Coon to the Moon."
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James Callow comment:
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
Keyword(s): CHANT ; Coon ; FLINT ; Language ; MICHIGAN ; MOON ; Moonwalk ; PREJUDICE ; RACISM ; SLANG ; Space
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |
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Language: Rhyme
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If you're white you're right.
If you're brown stick around.
If you're black get back.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Black ; Brown ; COLOR ; Ethnicity ; Language ; RACE ; RACISM ; Racist ; RHYME ; Saying ; SKIN ; White
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech Filter - Mature Content |
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Joke
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Doll Joke:
Negro Doll: Wind it up and it moves into your neighborhood.
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From his friend, Brian.
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Doll ; JOKE ; NEGRO ; Neighborhood ; RACISM ; Racist ; Slur ; Tasteless ; Wind-up
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |
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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A CPA?
A JEW THAT CAN'T STAND THE SIGHT OF BLOOD AND STAMMERS.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): CPA: Racism ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Jewish
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHITE RACE BELIEF
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GWENS MOTHER BELIEVES THAT THE REASON THAT WHITE PEOPLE DO
NOT GET AS COLD AS NEGROES IS BECAUSE WHITE MOTHERS
PUT THEIR CHILDREN OUTSIDE IN WINTERTIME WITH ONLY A JACKET
PERHAPS, NEGROES HAVE COLD BLOOD BECAUSE THEIR MOTHERS KEEP
THEIR CHILDREN INSIDE DURING REALLY COLD WEATHER.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black ; BLOOD ; CLOTHING ; Cold ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; TEMPERATURE ; Warm ; WEATHER ; White ; WINTER
James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; COLOR
| Subject headings: | 53O |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
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WE GOT MARRIED ON A FRIDAY AND MY MOTHER NEARLY
HAD A FIT. THAT MEANT BAD LUCK. BUT THE PRIEST
WHO MARRIED US, FATHER CLARK FROM NEW YORK, SAID
THAT ONLY NIGGERS GOT MARRIED ON SATURDAY AND HE
WOULDN'T MARRY US ON THAT DAY.
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HAPPENED IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
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Where learned: OHIO ; SOUTHFIELD ; SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP ; GLOUCESTER
Keyword(s): Day ; LUCK ; MARRIAGE ; RACISM ; Saturday
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
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PUERTO RICAN MEN (PUERTORICANOS), ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED
ABOUT BEING "MUY MACHO" (VERY MASCULINE). THEY MUST
NEVER SHOW WEAKNESS OF ANY KIND. FOR THIS REASON,
YOU NEVER CAN BELIEVE ONE WHEN HE GIVES YOU DIRECTIONS,
BECAUSE HE MUST NEVER LET ON IF HE DOESN'T KNOW THE
ANSWER. HE WILL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS--INVARIABLY--
WHETHER THEY ARE CORRECT OR NOT.
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Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; SAN JUAN
Keyword(s): DIRECTIONS ; Machismo ; MASCULINITY ; Puerto Rico ; RACISM ; SEXISM ; SEXIST ; Spanish ; Stereotyping
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
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NEGROES USED TO BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING RHYME:
IF YOU ARE BLACK, STEP BACK.
IF YOU ARE BROWN, STICK AROUND.
IF YOU ARE WHITE, YOU ARE ALL RIGHT.
BUT NOW THEY BELIEVE, "I'M BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL."
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Black ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; RHYME ; Segregation
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Color |
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I HAVE WORKED WITH THEM IN THE KITCHEN AND KNOWN THEM TO STOP
EVERYTHING WHEN A THUNDERSTORM CAME UP AND GO TO A CORNER AND
NOT BUDGE UNTIL IT WAS OVER. (SPEAKING OF NEGROES FEAR OF
STORMS)
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SISTER HAD CHARGE OF THE KITCHEN IN THE EARLY PART OF THIS
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Black ; FEAR ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; SUPERSTITION ; Thunderstorm
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER
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MANY MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS BELIEVE THAT NEGROES HAVE
AN INNATE SUPERIOR MUSICAL ABILITY, PARTICULARLY IN
RHYTHMIC SKILLS.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Black ; ETHNIC ; Innate ; MUSIC ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; Rhythm ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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HOW DO YOU KEEP A GROUP OF NIGGERS FROM RAPING A WHITE
GIRL? THROW THEM A BASKETBALL.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): African American ; Basketball ; Black ; Female ; Male ; Offensive ; RACISM ; Racist ; Rape ; SEXISM ; Stereotype ; White
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970S
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HOW DO YOU BABYSIT A NIGGER? WET HIS LIPS AND STICK
HIM TO THE WALL.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): African American ; BABY ; JOKE ; Offensive ; RACISM ; Racist ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00001970S