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.

[j*oono]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

are you ok?

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I don't know?  LOL she keeps going on and offline all the time.  Weird!  Internet problem maybe.  Where did this thread go to?  Didn't Stawks say no arguments?

[thecatspjs]

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@thecatspjs wrote:

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.

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So are you like, massive? 

bob and donna should just stop. Both are woeful.

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What on earth have bob and donna got to do with it ?  

who the hell are they ? 

based on your contributions I would guess that I am FAR more massive than you - more posts, more IDs, more $$$$ 

[Anonymous]

yeah...not really sure what that was about

but will just leave it at that.

[nevynreally]

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@j*oono wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

are you ok?

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I don't know?  LOL she keeps going on and offline all the time.  Weird!  Internet problem maybe.  Where did this thread go to?  Didn't Stawks say no arguments?

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Been here the whole time, maybe you have stalker issues?

Don't like where things are going, derail.

[thecatspjs]

Night all.

Thanks for the "rivetting" highly intellectual, "informed" discussion.  

*yawn*

[iapetus_rocks]

Well, at least I tried.

[nevynreally]

that you tried to stir up. Big fail.

[Anonymous]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

Night all.

Thanks for the "rivetting" highly intellectual, "informed" discussion.  

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any time 

[nevynreally]

Can I get an honest answer here? 

Don't want different opinions? Other viewpoints?

Nevermind, get it.

[thecatspjs]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

Well, at least I tried.

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You did indeed ~ kudos to you 🙂