Little+Black+Sambo

The "Little Black Sambo" is a story about a little black boy who goes through the woods and gets all his clothing and possessions taken away by tigers in exchange for his life. In the end of the story all the tigers fight to see who's the "king" of the jungle. They end up chasing each other around a tree, each tiger had anothers tail in its mouth. The little black boy ended up getting all of is clothing and possessions back from the tigers. The reason this story is mentioned in __Fahrenheit 451__ is because the word "Sambo" was often used as a racical slur. In the book Beatty says "Colored people don't like //Little Black Sambo.// Burn it//."// page 59. They were trying to make everyone happy so they took everything out of society that would make anyone UNhappy. Like racial slurs and religion.

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