ORIGINAL AIRDATE: February 27th, 1989 —

MacGyver is traumatized by a harsh lesson on the state of racism in America

MISSION: MacGyver attempts to show a troubled African American youth how the deck is not stacked against him. He fails miserably.

This week’s highlights include:

Columbian necktie (Crime)

A Colombian necktie (Spanish: corbata colombiana or corte corbata) was a form of post-mortem mutilation consisting of a deep incision under the victim’s chin, through which the tongue is pulled out and left hanging down in grisly resemblance to a necktie. A male victim’s genitals are sometimes also severed and put in the mouth. It originated in Colombia during the period of political violence known as La Violencia, as a method of psychological warfare, meant to scare and intimidate.

Check out the article on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_necktie.