tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post5949127215511834174..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: How The Racist Rhyme "Ching Chang Chinaman" Evolved To Certain Contemporary Non Racist Children Rhymes (Part I - History, Early Examples, & Comments)Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-83884552633581372832021-12-18T21:18:49.623-05:002021-12-18T21:18:49.623-05:00Thanks Kylie for adding to the folkloric record of...Thanks Kylie for adding to the folkloric record of by sharing an Irish example of that rhyme.<br /><br />Best wishes. Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-17196636031420687612021-12-18T20:04:41.891-05:002021-12-18T20:04:41.891-05:00Looked this up because I remember how as a child m...Looked this up because I remember how as a child me and other children used this rhyme all the time , I’m from Ireland and this is how we used to sing it “ch**g ch**ng chinaman, sitting on a frying Pan, tryna make a dollar out of 59 cents, he missed, he missed , he missed like this, have you ever seen a China man dressed like this “ so odd Kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703961953870043227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-65043812395629581582021-04-08T11:10:30.207-04:002021-04-08T11:10:30.207-04:00Hello, Quackso.
I agree with what you wrote. Howe...Hello, Quackso.<br /><br />I agree with what you wrote. However, I hope that in our "more enlightened time" more people realize the negative effects that some words from certain children's rhymes and singing games had and still can have (not only on Asians and other People of Color, but also among White people who hear/d or chant/ed these rhymes.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-69362755563614363572021-04-07T21:29:10.682-04:002021-04-07T21:29:10.682-04:00The poem I always heard --- little girls on the sc...The poem I always heard --- little girls on the school playground would chant it while they were jumping rope --- would be, "Chin-chin-China, sittin' on a fence, tryin' to make a quarter outta fifteen cents." Like others here have remarked, I knew nothing as a child of the song's being racist or disrespectful of Asians; to me and my fellow small and innocent-minded classmates, it was just a silly "kiddie-rhyme" to gleefully recite in order to maintain the rhythm of the jump-rope's being twirled, similar to how a sea-chantey was intended to keep sailors in time when rowing, pulling in an anchor-chain, or performing other teamwork-based activities on a ship.Quacks0https://www.blogger.com/profile/00630429841946181114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-71581153166771618562021-03-23T20:28:13.732-04:002021-03-23T20:28:13.732-04:00Anonymous, thanks for sharing that example and tha...Anonymous, thanks for sharing that example and thanks for including demographic information for the folkloric record.<br /><br />The shame is that many teachers may not have recognized the racist content of this example or may have been okay with it. <br /><br />Hopefully, that has changed or is changing now, in part because many people have read about the recent violent consequences of Anti-Asian racism in the United States.<br /><br />Thanks again!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-22254535187976676362021-03-23T18:22:04.984-04:002021-03-23T18:22:04.984-04:00Criss-cross feet song sung at the elementary schoo...Criss-cross feet song sung at the elementary school playgrounds in Milwaukee, WI, circa Mid-Sixties:<br /> <br />"Chinka, chinka chinaman, sitting on a fence; <br />tried to make a dollar out of fifteen cents. <br />Went to the store and bought a pipe; <br />when he got home, he gave it to his wife. <br />He missed, he missed he missed like this." <br /><br />I had no idea what any of it meant. The kids didn't analyze the game songs, and the teachers never commented on the racist content of the song. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com