“Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game”
Social media posts
a Facebook post. Claim dated 12 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
The game, with a banner including the n-word, was advertised in a 1942 YMCA flyer. This barbaric game was played widely at local fairs and carnivals from the 1800s into the mid-1900s, often using humans as targets.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 June 2020, 10 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217532260399406&set=a.1771563049895&type=3&thea…
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