Daily Mail: Racist Piggy Bank

[Jennykenny]

I have one of these piggy banks. I inherited it from my husband’s family about 25 years ago, and it’s been sitting in a box under the stairs ever since.
Is there such a place where I could donate it, where such grotesque representations are gathered together to show what things were like in ‘the good old days.’ Or should I just bin it?

[emmie]

bin it, even if you donate it, they might not want it either.

[hc4361]

Hard to believe these are still being made and sold. Bin it

[pixie374]

What is a racist piggy bank?

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5080809/RACIST-piggybank-f-harder-baby-s-bib-Amazon.html


Apologies for some of the references.

[hc4361]

pixie

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/cast-iron-money-box

[Mamyalynne]

The money boxes were of their time, most families had one - we did.

As for the other item, I have no comment that's printable.

[pixie374]

Ah- I see! Thanks mamya and hc xx

[pixie374]

I thought it made comments when you put money in...

[bhg481]

I've got one of them; I've had it as long as I can remember and I'm in my 70s now. I've got no intention of binning it.

[Jackdaw33]

Donate it to your local mosque as a collection box.

[woofgang]

The genuine "racist" piggy banks are still collectible and worth quite a lot....unfortunately they have been much copied and its difficult to tell the genuine from the fake.

[Jackdaw33]

Sorry. I assumed it was in the shape of a pig.

[hc4361]

If it were pig shaped why would you donate it to the local mosque, Jackdaw?

[Mamyalynne]

Oooooh, you had to ask.

[Cloverjo]

My great aunty used have one of those piggy banks. She'd always get it out for my sister and me to play with.
I was very young and didn't know about racism. My granny had a golly that she passed on my sister. I think it's still around somewhere. Are the piggy banks still being made?

[hc4361]

Yes, they are still being made.

[bednobs]

that person has weird shopping habits. Either that or they went out of their way to find "offensive" items

[jno]

may be worth a bob or two

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/cast-iron-money-box

[Jennykenny]

It’s genuine old one. I remember my brother in law having it on his mantlepiece in the early seventies, and I think he had had it for about 20 years.
I suppose I wouldn’t think twice about keeping it, if it were a piece of Nazi memorabilia- so, in the bin it goes.

[ichkeria]

There might be a few takers here ...