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Buy DS Game Scribblenauts, Get Bonus Racist Symbolism

Buy DS Game Scribblenauts, Get Bonus Racist Symbolism

In the puzzle game Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS, you type in names of items that appear on screen and help you complete levels. Among the tens of thousands of possibilities is one that’s more than a little unnerving: type in the antiquated racial slur “sambo” and up pops a watermelon, another racist Vaudevillian symbol.