The golliwog issue has come to the fore, yet again. You'd think this had died a death, but no, the far right and the racists want to play again and trumpet that they're not racist while clutching a racist caricature. They need to read the history of the Golliwog.
It's interesting to note that Robertson's, of jam fame, didn't drop the golliwog in 2002 because of its racist overtones, but because the younger generation didn't relate to it. Only those of a certain age still retained an affection of the Robinson's golly and Robinson's wanted to update their product.
It's a little known fact that, ironically, the Nazis banned golliwogs in 1934 because they thought them inappropriate for Aryan children. Now the far right want them all over the place and it's the progressives that want them banned.
The landlady of the pub in Essex defended the presence of golliwogs on display in her pub thus.
Yes, I suppose it is convenient - if attending a Britain First rally.
The idea of grown people playing with dolls is quite amusing, actually.
1 comment:
You just cannot accept her reasonable explanation ! Nothing wrong with belonging to Britain First, any more than belonging to the
Labour Party !
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