I used to read books with golliwogs in, never saw them as a negative thing, I probably thought of black people as quite cool because of them. Thoughts?
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Are Golliwogs Racist?
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A gollywog was a character from Noddy, it became racist because of Noddy!!
He had black skin and crazy hair, because of this people started adapting it by calling humans with dark skin a gollywog, they took affence to this. It's racist in the sense of how they were calling someone black a gollywog but the actual character itself was not. It was just a silly name for a character.
It's all completely overated.
He had black skin and crazy hair, because of this people started adapting it by calling humans with dark skin a gollywog, they took affence to this. It's racist in the sense of how they were calling someone black a gollywog but the actual character itself was not. It was just a silly name for a character.
It's all completely overated.
I don't know the history of them, but as a very young child I did have one.
They look extremely similar to the actors that would portray the 'Black' part of the 'Black & White Minstrel Show' which (in my mind) was racist particularly when they would effect accents saying 'wat dat you sayin' and 'dem mah woman over there'! Clearly a bit risky!!
Slighly off topic, but I would say that racism (or more appropriately humour aimed at my race) for example in 'Goodness Gracious Me' does not bother me at all. Similar to my fathers best friend (who was West Indian) and he found comedies like 'Love Thy Neighbour' hysterical.
Humour can break down some barriers I guess. Looking at those analogies, maybe its more embarassing when its your own race dealing out the racial humour than actually when you're supposed to be on the receiving end of it?
I'm rambling and talking to myself now
They look extremely similar to the actors that would portray the 'Black' part of the 'Black & White Minstrel Show' which (in my mind) was racist particularly when they would effect accents saying 'wat dat you sayin' and 'dem mah woman over there'! Clearly a bit risky!!
Slighly off topic, but I would say that racism (or more appropriately humour aimed at my race) for example in 'Goodness Gracious Me' does not bother me at all. Similar to my fathers best friend (who was West Indian) and he found comedies like 'Love Thy Neighbour' hysterical.
Humour can break down some barriers I guess. Looking at those analogies, maybe its more embarassing when its your own race dealing out the racial humour than actually when you're supposed to be on the receiving end of it?
I'm rambling and talking to myself now
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I don't think they are racist no, and I don't believe that black people find them racist. Who finds them racist are the namby-pamby politically correct socialites who create all this. It's not just Golliwogs, it's blackboards, it's Ba Ba Black Sheep....You get the picture.
For those of us (me) who has no idea what a golliwog is, a link would have been good with your original post.
fuck me I am 45 and can barely remember gollywogs or the Black and white minstrels - doubt you will get much life in this thread cuntybollocks
Well I'm 5 years younger than you and easily remember them
Did you not get a telly till you were 20? LOL
no might be because i lived in Germany for a long time
the fuck is a golliwog?
And suddenly the mist clears :thumbup
That's a Golliwog.
I had a cuddly golliwog and loved it.
These are the badges you could collect from the jam jars.
These are the badges you could collect from the jam jars.
You racists putting pictures up!! LOL
I keed, I keed
Mine looked JUST like the one in Springers pic, only he was blessed with only one eye after we had a "falling out"
I keed, I keed
Mine looked JUST like the one in Springers pic, only he was blessed with only one eye after we had a "falling out"
I loved mine as a kid. His name was Clarence and he listened to all my secrets. I have a soft spot for golliwogs, and I'm kinda irritated by the fuss surrounding them.