Word: oompa
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...bigotry is not usually as blatant as it was in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. When the book was published in 1964, the New York Times called it "a richly inventive and humorous tale." Blacks didn't see anything ^ funny about having the factory staffed by "Oompa-Loompas," pygmy workers imported in shipping cartons from the jungle where they had been living in the trees...
...Willy Wonka Theory. Okay, so the candy recipes are top secret. Not only that, but I'm not supposed to see any Oompa Loompa guys running around because I'll report Necco for violating child labor laws...