Golliwogs and morons

[sp1814]

Quick question based on a previous post.

I understand that there are MANY people who have childhood toys in the shape of golliwogs - and tees people don't have a racist bone in their body. They're simply a toy right?

Now some people have said that golliwogs have become the subject of a PC-ban.

But to those people, I would like to ask this - if you were invited to a child's birthday party, and the kid was black. Would you buy them a golliwog as a present, or would you think, "Hang on...this could be seriously misconstrued".

So - would you buy a golly for a black child?

[Old_Geezer]

If they asked for one.

[Khandro]

My Dad had a whole collection of Black & White Minstrel LP's. He didn't watch television, so it was surely only the voices and songs that were important to him, and I think everyone else.

[Old_Geezer]

Large black women can swing their generous hips at me any time they like.

[anotheoldgit]

Khandro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zj6o_DZfSw

[emmie]

it looks so dated now.

[anotheoldgit]

In colour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoYOraDt1_k

[TWR]

Blackpool, Re/named Whitepool, Not to ofend, Black spot, not to offend, Blackout, not to offend, Black head now renamed, white head as not to offend, what the hell is this country coming to?

[sp1814]

TWR

What on Earth are you talking about????

[trt]

I used to have a money box that was a black man with a dicky bow I think, and you put a coin in his hand, pressed a lever and he put it in his mouth!

[ELVIS68]

I wouldn`t buy a golly for a white child, not because it is offensive but because it is outdated.
The golly is not offensive, the stupid bitch who put it in the window to offend the black neighbour is

[ummmm]

sp...I 'think' I get what he's on about. It's people reading nonsense in papers. Not allowed to sing Baa Baa Black sheep anymore....It's all a load of rollocks.

[Sir Alec]

My mother had a black dolly and a golliwog when she was a child. It meant nothing. They were her toys and her only toys as money was scarce! She would have been 83 by now. What's all the fuss? I never met a black person who was bothered by a golliwog and believe me I know quite a few.

[andy-hughes]

Sir Alec - in your mother's time society was very very different - and casual racism was simply an accepted part of society - as has been evidednced by the Enid Blyton references.

As a child, I clearly remember reading Noddy books in which the Gollies were the villains, and of course, as a child, that concept meant nothing. As society moves on, attitudes to cultural icons alter, and it is part of a tolerent society that we accept simple adjustments that make little or no difference to us personally.

Thus, i have no problem with Gollies, apart from that they are ugly, but would be sensitive to a black person who may be upset by their conotation.

There are far more important things to be upset about in the world - so making a simple adjustment to prevent discomfort in others is the park of a civilised society.

[tamborine]

and, you can squeeze black'Ed....

[TWR]

What I am saying sp1, this country is getting so bloody stupid with P.C. Its a wonder they don't start calling Blackpool WHITEPOOL, & as said, are we going to start sing, BaBa white sheep, you get my understanding?