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?

[maggiebee]

Have seen one on Antiques Road Trip and they would appear to be much sought after as a collector's item and worth a bob or two.

[tonyav]

I had one of those money boxes as a kid, wasn't racist then !.

[Zacs-Master]

Yes it was Tony, you just didn’t realise it because attitudes were different and black peoples opinions weren’t considered.

[jno]

to be honest, the ones in the links don't necessarily seem racist - they're caricatures, but not particularly of racial characteristics; you could just as easily paint them white. But of course yours may look different. If you think yours really is offensive then by all means throw it out.

[Jennykenny]

Nice one Zac.

[dannyk13]

Back in the 60's these were fetching high prices at auction, but I don't know whether it would do so today.

[Old_Geezer]

Clearly this thing has value. It is memorabilia of a past age. Why on earth would you want to destroy it ? If you don't want it, put it in an auction.

[Old_Geezer]

What is and isn't included as racist (or any other definition for that matter) changes over time. Today's attitude would think it is always racist. Yesteryear's attitude would say it's always not racist.

[ToraToraTora]

how is it racist? it's a money box F/FS, the racism if it exists is in the perception not the item.

[zebo]

They were worth a fortune years ago, I have one of a little girl in red and my brother had a little boy in orange, not a grotesque as this one though. As a child I never even thought about the colour, it was my Susie and I loved it.

[jno]

Clarion, the classic ones were piggy shaped and the name carried over to those that weren't. They were just nmoneyboxes to me too, but mine was actually box-shaped, so that made sense.

http://wfyouth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/piggy-bank-970340_960_720.jpg

[jourdain2]

I used to have one of the 'piggy banks' (but without the top hat), I loved it. Mum junked it sometime, but I'd be happy to find it and house it again. Then, I'm obviously beyond reclaim because I have a bit of Nazi memorabilia which I saved from my parents' house and which reminds me of that time. I am unapologetic for both the wish and the memorabilia, although I accept that they would be unacceptable to sell these days.

[tonyav]

I wish I still had my funny little money box as well, jourdain. Happy times.

[LewPaper]

I used to have one of those money boxes when I was a nipper - never thought anything about it. I'd have used it whatever colour it was but now in this PC world everyone feels the need to pour scorn on anything black because it's 'racist'. What racist about it, because it's black? Reading one of the links someone left earlier it had that he was begging. What a load of rubbish. His hand was shaped like it is to enable money to be placed in it. He had a small lever behind his left shoulder which when pushed down raised the money to their month. There's always dirt if you dig deep enough. At the very mention of the colour black out they all come all with their little anecdotes trying to show how un-racist they are by showering disgust on such items. It was a different time, a time when people were far more sensible than they are now, each one trying to out-unracist each other - deal with it. Jennykenny has had one for 25 years but allofa sudden it's a 'grotesque representation', well if you thought that why hold on to it for 25 years? Everyone's so keen to show how un-racist, how un-sexist, how they now revile everything that's now 'unacceptable'. It's a black money box for goodness sake.

[Mamyalynne]

//everyone feels the need//

No, they don't a few maybe, but not many.

Newspapers love 'em.

[LewPaper]

Yeh, you could be right Mamy, it just seems like everyone.

[Mamyalynne]

You only have to read the replies here to know it isn't everyone.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, there'll always be a few numpties with time on their hands.