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Thursday, 27 October 2011

Golliwog Watch

Readers of Bent Society may remember some of our classic posts from the past on the issue of Golliwogs . Well it seems these beloved icons of overt and closet racists are rearing their heads again.

See:
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/9277470.Councillor___s_fury_over_shop___s_golliwog_dolls/

http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/9294984.Anti_golliwog_protest_takes_place_in_Sutton_High_Street/

And if they are innocent toys why are the racists at Stormfront interested?
Check this out: http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t835229/

3 comments:

Ciaran Rehill said...

A richness of blogge today. Where to begin? My own Golly lives in the attic (beside my Teddy). Half a century of Golly owning has not made me a racist. 25 years ago a black woman told me they were used in ante-bellum US to get white kids used to ordering Negro slaves about. Robertson jam anyone? As a badge collector I am aware that some things are de trop. Finally, Stormfront, what a bunch of vaginas! (What is the collective noun? A Haslam of twats?) I once had to do research on blood types and came across some stuff. It was my first and until now only contact with StormHaslam. The thing is, is it racist to own a Golly or to use the N word all the time? (Excepting Q Tarantino).

nottgirl said...

Mapperley Community Centre, rather bizarrely, seem to have a permanent display of golliwogs on a table in their main hall. I have no idea of the reasoning behind this.

jason @ security door chains said...

Bit of a storm in a teacup that will be hijacked by racist scum as well as politicos, but worst of all by the national media like The Sun and the Daily Mail - if it hasn't been already.

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