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.

[timeinoz2]

Hi, I totally agree well said my friend.

[Anonymous]

yep, elka has pages of gollies on their

website 

[nevynreally]

erm. Okay., Don't know why as one sells soft toys the other chocolates.

[thecatspjs]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

true.

The Australian toy manufacturer Elka continues to "proudly" produce golliwogs, and supplies them to Darrell Lea.

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Lol - 

of course everything cut and paste from Wiki is true .........

[nevynreally]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

I don't understand your line of reasoning ?

The "products" of this topic have disgraceful, racist origins.

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Only in poisoned minds. Kids don't get that. Gollywogs are/were kids toys. Back before mobile phones, and overly PC people.

[Anonymous]

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@nevynreally wrote:

erm. Okay., Don't know why as one sells soft toys the other chocolates.

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sorry, thought everyone knew

you could buy different types of gifts

at darrell lea shops....

[Anonymous]

of course everything cut and paste from Wiki is true

are you saying its not true?

a few years ago there were calls for 

darrell lea to pull them off the shelves.

you dont remember that ?    

don't believe wiki?  check elka's website

for yourself 

[nevynreally]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@nevynreally wrote:

erm. Okay., Don't know why as one sells soft toys the other chocolates.

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sorry, thought everyone knew

you could buy different types of gifts

at darrell lea shops....

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Oh, there's your problem. Assuming. 

Not every shop or area is the same as yours. Which, actually, is my point about the US afront to Golliwogs, get over it, it's not about you, never was, can't make it so no matter how much you try. 🙂

[thecatspjs]

Given Darrell Leas recent issues and the low scale operations of the other business you quote - it is kind of irrelevant to quote them as they do not really represent businesses that are succesful in consistently being intune to the masses.

Random wiki references won't change that larger manufacturers and retailers have dropped any such product like a tonne of bricks (most long long ago) due to actual consumer preferences and other relevant social opinions and trends.

Obviously the boards are not representative of the masses.

elka who ?  

[Anonymous]

are you ok?