A retailer has pulled thousands of Walking Dead T-shirts from shelves after a Methodist minister complained the phrase "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" was racist. The rhyme 'Eeny, Meeny Miny, Moe' is written on them, The Daily Mail reported. But after Sheffield couple Ian and Gwen Lucraft spotted the T-shirt in a Primark store last week, they complained to bosses that it was "offensive". Methodist minister Lucraft said the "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" rhyme was racist as it was well known that the rhyme went on to say "catch a n***** by his toe". The "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" counting rhyme has been around since the 18th century, with tiger replacing the word 'n*****' in more recent versions.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 21, 2017 20:15 UTC