I had a Golliwog myself when I was a little kid. They were always popular in Australia and Britain as a child's soft toy. The explanation of their origin given below is absurd. See my previous post on the matter
"A Melbourne doll shop has withdrawn a golliwog from its display to avoid offending the Oprah Winfrey roadshow. The store removed the "Mamee" washer woman dolls after a visit by Oprah's production company.
But the Dafel Dolls and Bears shop in Block Arcade - where 110 of Oprah's guests will attend a cocktail party tomorrow night - will continue to display other golliwogs. Golliwogs are deeply offensive to Americans because of their perceived links to slavery and racism.
The store owner declined to comment because she had signed a confidentiality agreement with Harpo productions, but confirmed a meeting had taken place. "Oprah's people came ... and yes it was discussed," a source familiar with the agreement told the Herald Sun. "As a result, they won't have that particular doll on display. But there will be plenty of other gollies when they come through."
The golliwogs still on display at Dafel's have an explanatory note on the origins of the black dolls, a throwback to the toys enjoyed by Egyptian children when British troops occupied the country in the late 1800s.
Dafel's has sold dolls and toys, including golliwogs, in the Block Arcade since 1945.
Last year Australia faced international condemnation when American singer Harry Connick Jr expressed his shock at Hey Hey It's Saturday for broadcasting a minstrel sketch and asking him to judge the performance. [LOL!]
UK publishing company Macdonalds, which put out the Noddy books featuring a gang of golliwogs, decided in 1987 the dolls were racially derogatory.
But golliwog defenders say they have nothing to do with racism and are seen by children as just bright and friendly dolls.
A spokeswoman for Oprah's Ultimate Adventure declined to comment on the Block Arcade golliwogs.
The talk show queen jetted into Cairns and then on to Hamilton Island yesterday on the first leg of her Oprah Down Under tour.
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6 comments:
I'm actually waiting for a black person to come forward and chastise the removal of the dolls claiming that it is erasing their heritage and history. But it is the standard tactic of the Left to change or erase from history that which in any way offends.
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Why dont ORPHANDED WINDFREAK just go back to where she came from and quit forcing the aussies to accomidate her annoying presents
"Golliwogs are deeply offensive to Americans because of their perceived links to slavery and racism."
No they are offensive to people who are easily offended, not real Americans.
Golly Wog....Where's the water?
Isn't that what a Brit soldier said to Gunga Din?
That sound's like an anti-Asian, racist utterance to me.
This is what happens when a mindless society takes a talentless nobody, an outright invention of the entertainment industry, and turns her into a mega-wealthy somebody. All of a sudden, she "demands" world respect and attention. And gets it!
BTW, all those goodies she gives away to the brain-dead females in her audience? They're company promotions and don't cost her a dime in spite of the phony impressions she gives.
Can anyone ever remember SAMBOS restruants?and the kids book LITTLE BLACK SAMBO and TIGER BUTTER
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