Racist and Hateful? or Much Loved Toy

[imastawka]

Ebay have removed listings, worldwide, in the last couple of days

for Golliwog/Golly citing the 'hateful or discriminatory policy.'

Aunt Jemima dolls (mammy dolls)  have also gone

The weird part is, there was a sub-category in Dolls/Bears for Golliwogs

All things Golliwog have disappeared.

Books including ones by Enid Blyton have gone. 

It's ok to sell them, just don't put golliwog/golly in the title.

I have been informed that I need to be educated on the matter,

and have been given links to things like the Jim Crow Museum

 http://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/golliwog/

My own opinion is, I love gollies.    I can see no relevance to them in Australia.

I think they are/were a much loved toy with no underlying racial tones.

A lot of people may be upset by the images, but I think Ebay has just made

them worth a lot more money on other sites.

I'm not looking for an argument, and you won't get one.

I would just like some more opinions.

It started on the Selling Boards

http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Selling/Item-specific-Listing-Removed-Sick-Of-It/td-p/1834945

I would hope that opinions do not run too hot,  and turn into arguments.

[opmania]

What about all the brown

Downing plates on eBay with

 Characteur picininis

Always on here

How is that different

Did you know that on a 

Previous trip to Sydney

Oprah would only come on 

The condition that all 

Golliwogs were removed from

The stores 

That was a few years back

[imastawka]

Too late to edit.  Found this -

The original Noddy stories featured golliwogs who lived in Golly Town, including Mr Golly, one of Noddy's best friends who ran Toyland's garage and looked after Noddy's car.

For Noddy's 60th birthday

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6359248/Noddy-returns-without-the-golliwogs.html

[polksaladallie]

111738139642

111669654903

251286597908         These are books.

252040947251

There are plenty on ebay.

[imastawka]

Polks, it seems that ebay are discriminatory and should report themselves.

All those listings only post to Australia and not worldwide.

That means the listing would not show on any other ebay site except Australia

So the US ebayers would not get offended I guess

I'm also thinking ebay haven't caught up with everybody yet.

Opmania, yes, the same thing happened in Melbourne when Oprah visited here.

The ex-premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett is a golly collector

[polksaladallie]

OK, I thought you meant they had disappeared everywhere on eBay.

[imastawka]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

OK, I thought you meant they had disappeared everywhere on eBay.

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I thought they had too.   I really think it's only a matter of time

[imastawka]

What about all the brown

Downing plates on eBay with

 Characteur picininis

Always on here

How is that different

Opmania.  Brownie Downing, and Peg Maltby for that matter,

Are painters of delightful aboriginal children.

They are in no way what the golly haters call 'grotesque charicatures'

[lloydslights]

But the objection with golly and mammy dolls is their background

of minstrel blackface and domestic slavery.

I wonder if any Al Jolson records or movies will be banned or indeed the classic Gone with the Wind, following that reasoning.

DEB

[moonflyte]

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@imastawka wrote:

What about all the brown

Downing plates on eBay with

 Characteur picininis

Always on here

How is that different

Opmania.  Brownie Downing, and Peg Maltby for that matter,

Are painters of delightful aboriginal children.

They are in no way what the golly haters call 'grotesque charicatures'

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But isn't that the same thing, objectifying a race?

[polksaladallie]

There was no minstrel blackface or domestic slavery in Gone With the Wind, not in the versions I have seen and read.