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chokalateboywonder-
Do you get extra racist points for selectively pointing out the origins of the character, then claiming it is innocuous but won't let the character fade in to history.
EDIT: This comment is aimed at the people that claim the gollywog isn't racist. These are the comments I have read and thought if it so innocuous, why care if it is no longer around. These are the same people that complain about the Agatha Christie novel that is now called - And then there were none. This is the books third name and is the book any different for the title change?. Personally, I just found those characters a bit scary and as a child and would not eat Robinson jam if I saw the jar.
lynx
I got into a quite heated debate with two colleagues today... Apparently, Golliwogs are just harmless dolls... I went to town, obvs, but made zero headway... My boss, who identifies as indigenous, has a large collection of gollys at home and thinks that's absolutely fine, she isn't offended at all...
I left the room for a while to clear my head and bumped into my Caribbean colleague who'd just overheard the whole exchange... We both just stood there looking at each other in disbelief...
Australia, my friends... Where white privilege knows no bounds!!