Best wrap barbed wire around your Jennings!!

[badpenny]

Vintage 'Cowboys and Indians' game is removed from seaside pier after single complaint from social care worker who said it was 'extremely racist'
The 'cowboys and Indians' shooting game had been at Weston-super-Mare pier
But it was shut down after Emily Crossing, 30, wrote to complain it was racist
She said it was 'clearly racist' and hit out at pier chiefs for 'cultural appropriation'
By MATTHEW LODGE FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 12:33, 25 July 2022 | UPDATED: 15:38, 25 July 2022

A vintage 'Cowboys and Indians' game has been removed from a seaside pier after a social care worker complained it was 'extremely racist'.

The game at the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare allowed children to 'shoot' at figurines of Native Americans while riding an animatronic horse and had been there for years.

But it has now been removed after a single complaint from Emily Crossing, who hit out at it as 'cultural appropriation'.


The 30-year-old said she had been with her mother during a family visit to the pier earlier this year when she saw the arcade machine.

She spotted the game, which featured a saloon with a cowboy on the backdrop, and a gun for shooting moving Native American figures while the player sat on a horse.

The adult social care worker from Oxford wrote to pier bosses and told them she thought it was 'extremely racist' and 'outdated'.


Ms Crossing said the game should be removed as it was 'clearly racist'.

'It's absolutely shocking,' she said.

'Mum and I both just had our mouths open when we first saw it - we were in absolute shock.

'The figures of indigenous Americans were in full-on headdresses and there are little 'cowboys' everywhere.

'I can't believe the managers have no idea about cultural appropriation.'

Emily says she first emailed the company on May 29 after a visit earlier that month.

She claims then then contacted the Grand Pier again over a month later, as she hadn't heard back.

She says she then received a reply, which she says claimed the game was a legacy piece the company inherited when they bought the pier.

She added that bosses also claimed no one else had complained, and it was up to parents whether their children go on it.

Bosses at the Grand Pier later emailed the 30-year-old to say it was a 'legacy' piece that had been there when it was bought by the current owners, Ms Crossing claims

Bosses at the Grand Pier later emailed the 30-year-old to say it was a 'legacy' piece that had been there when it was bought by the current owners, Ms Crossing claims
The game allows children to 'shoot' a gun at figurines of Native Americans, with the rider playing the role of a cowboy

Ms Crossing said bosses seemed to be oblivious to 'cultural appropriation' and said it was 'outdated and extremely shocking'
Emily then posted on Instagram where she says she received messages of support.

And she said: 'This is 2022 - that game is racist whether you chose to play it or not. It's outdated and extremely shocking.'

As of July 12, the game was still available on the pier.

However, earlier this week a spokesperson for the Grand Pier confirmed it had been removed.

When contacted on July 21, they said: 'That machine is no longer in our estate.'

The game 'Cowboys and Indians' has been played by children in school playgrounds for generations.

It is a variation of the tag game 'Cops and Robbers', where members of one team have to chase and tag members of the opposing team.

Mr Clapham an aged enthusiast of fun from Lord Elpus Hall in Lincoln guffawed loudly and commented "We're pampering to the Idiot Brigade". He continued "There are times I feel the sooner Putin lands here the quicker many of us will get a true understanding of reality and what is truly important"

BP

[dickywink]

Well thank god they did not have a "Pussy Shooter"


all the best ... Dicky

[coppinpr]

and there she was being racist herself

She said it was 'clearly racist' and hit out at pier chiefs

which tribe were the "Pier Chiefs" from? were they injured in the attack?

Well thank god they did not have a "Pussy Shooter"

[special when lit]

A recent pic of 'Ms' Crossing.
'Triggered', in every sense of the word.

[jingle]

Wish she came to my arcade
I have a hitler shooter

[brigham]

There can't be many of those left.

[arrgee]

There can't be many of those left.

Ms Crossing or Hitlers?

[santelmann]

And i thought such figures like Crossing lurk only in Germany