Examples Of The African American Girls' Saying "You Can Roll Your Eyes And Stomp Your Feet"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about the "eye roll" gesture.

This post also presents some examples of the African American girls' saying "You can roll your eyes and stomp your feet"...

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-2017-article-excerpt-that-provides.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents definitions of "eye roll" and an excerpt of an article written by an African American professor that interprets "eye rolling" particularly as it is done by African American females.

This post showcases a brief video clip of NeNe Leakes formerly from the reality series The Real Housewives Of Atlanta doing an eye roll. I refer to the gesture that NeNe Leakes did as a traditional African American form of "eye roll", with "traditional" in that description meaning that is has been done that way for a long time.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-differences-between-traditional.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a brief video clip of NeNe Leakes formerly from the reality television series The Real Housewives Of Atlanta doing an eye roll. That post contrasts that eyeroll gesture with a 2020 TikTok compilation of people doing "eye rolls" gestures and a Feb. 2023 TikTok clip of a man doing a "side eye" gesture. 

Information about the eye roll emoji and the side eyes emojis are also included in this post.

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Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. 
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I'm interested in collecting examples of this saying with demographic information (particularly race/ethnicity, gender, when (decade) first chanted, where (city/state or country if outside of the United States), and information about any accompanying movements while chanting. If you know this saying, for the folkloric record, please share that information in the comment section below. Thanks!

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE "EYE ROLLING" GESTURES COUPLED WITH "STOMPING YOUR FEET"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye-rolling
"Eye-rolling is a gesture in which a person briefly turns their eyes upward, often in an arcing motion from one side to the other. In the Anglosphere*, it has been identified as a passive-aggressive response to an undesirable situation or person. The gesture is used to disagree or dismiss or express contempt for the targeted person without physical contact.[1]

"The ["rolling your eyes"] facial expression is one of the most common forms of non-verbal communication among humans.[5][4] When studying exclusively adolescent females, the eye-roll gesture was observed to be the most prominent response to displeasure. Thirteen-year-old girls showed eye-rolling to be the main sign of aggression toward their peers in social situations. Eye-rolling is often accompanied by crossing of the arms and throwing the head or body back in an increased effort to symbolize avoidance or displeasure. Avoidance may be characterized by conveying hostility or distancing, often with the purpose of ending a relationship of any kind.[6]"...
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* Here's a definition of "Anglosphere" from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Anglosphere#:~:text=%3A%20the%20countries%20o "the countries of the world in which the English language and cultural values predominate"
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That said, with regard to "rolling your eyes at someone or something", I believe a more accurate definition of "eye rolling" would be to replace the word "Anglosphere" with something like the words "in situations where White people have the authority". 
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The "stomping your feet" portion of that saying refers to children doing that action while they are having a temper tantrum.

Based on their words, "You can roll your eyes and stomp your feet" can be loosely categorized as a children's cheer. However, it appears that these examples are (also)  chanted at other times when the chanter is bragging or otherwise expressing self-confidence and pride in herself.

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EXAMPLES OF "YOU CAN ROLL YOUR EYES" AND STOMP YOUR FEET"

These examples are given in chronological order based on their publishing date. These examples are numbered for referencing purposes only.

The "you can roll your eyes and stomp your feet' etc. portion of these examples is given in italics to highlight it. 

1. Ronald McDonald, how do you like my lover?
A-biscuit, a-biscuit.
Ooh chi chi awa-wa-a-biscuit.
How do you love my lover?
He's so fine Just like cherry wine.
Take a smoooth shot Take a smoooth shot.
Don't show your dirty teeth You could roll your eye You can suck your tea Now, Puerto Rican, you don't beat me.
-Marisol, quoted inhttps://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1993-06-09-0000100990-story.html "Girls Love To While Away Hours With Slap-Clap Games And Rhymes, by Susan Campbell, June 9, 1993.
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The "You can roll your eyes" portion of this rhyme is a rephrasing of the African American saying whose words are usually something like "You can roll your eyes and stomp your feet, but this Black girl you sure can't beat".

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2. “You can roll your eyes, stomp your feet, but this is one black girl you sho’ can’t beat”
- African American Proverb (via blackproverbs), October 10, 2014, 
https://blkproverbs.tumblr.com/post/99624224707/you-can-roll-your-eyes-stomp-your-feet-but-this

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3.…"When I was a 7 or 8 year-old kid, little black girls were rapping about their worth on any given day on my mother’s block. We were emceeing our lives, and none of us had ever heard the name “hip hop”. We’d circle up with our friends and chime, “Down, down baby, down, down the rollercoaster/sweet sweet baby, I, I, I love you so/Shimmy shimmy cocoa pop, shimmy shimmy peace/Shimmy shimmy cocoa pop, shimmy shimmy, soul/Shimmy shimmy cocoa pop, shimmy shimmy, pow!” Other times when we were feeling less than friendly toward one another, we’d stand with our hands on our narrow hips, fully confident in our girlhood and black skin and call our frenemies out to battle, crying, “You can roll your eyes. You can stomp your feet. But, this black girl, you sho’ can’t beat!”

At my senior prom I danced to Salt n Pepa’s Let’s Talk about Sex with all my girls fist pumping around me in a circle, shouting, “Ladies, all the ladies, louder now, help me out. Come on, all the ladies—let’s talk about sex—all right!” I was still a virgin and would be until my wedding day. I was as clueless as I was when I was just a scrawny kid back in the day with my friends, hands on our phantom hips, swaying from side-to-side, singing in acapella, “So put ya hands on ya hips and let ya back bone slip! Awwww shake to east! Awww shake it t the west! All shake to the very one that you love the best!” "
- a woman’s  worth, June16, 2018 , https://www.blackcoffeewithwhitefriends.com/prophets-saints/2018/6/16/a-womans-worth
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These children's rhymes and cheers were given in italics in this comment.

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4. Because babbbbyyyyyyy 💪🏾 You can roll your eyes, suck your teeth, and stomp your feet, but this Bye Bye Belly can’t be beat 😏🥰 aaaayyyeeee

Crafteebabe Kreationz, LLC, September 3, 2021  · Instagram  https://www.facebook.com/crafteebabekreationz/videos/because-babbbbyyyyyyy-you-can-roll-your-eyes-suck-your-teeth-and-stomp-your-feet/994171491163364/
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That brief video clip shows a Black woman talking about how she has lost weight thanks in part to a nutrition drink that she is promoting.

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5.  you can roll your eyes, you can stomp your feet, but this girl here, yo sholl can't beat
-original sound - Tee❤ ), Oct. 15, 2022,  'https://www.tiktok.com/@tastetee1/video/7154866993815014702

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