A 'coloured Woman'

[fender62]

so you cannot call a coloured woman coloured, what about a women of colour or black woman.
im lost on this arguement, looking for offence when none was meant, no wonder blacks cry were victims...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6782569/Tory-Amber-Rudd-caught-race-row-calls-Labours-Diane-Abbott-coloured-woman.html

[tonyav]

'Raasclats'

I have heard Black men call each other that many times over the years in places where I have worked, especially foundries.

[bodeker]

Mamyalynne No, actually it wasn't Catholic school, we must have stole their idea lol

[andres]

bodeker--We didn't have those. We had collections a couple of times a year for Black children in Africa. Every little girl you passed in the street was pushing a toy pram with a much loved black baby doll in it. They do say that 'what goes round comes around' .Now we can say black again.

[bodeker]

Goodness Andres, you could start a whole new thread talking about black dolls back then , I used to have a black doll but I think people began to find them offensive because they did not have black features , I have probably offended someone trying to say that , but they were just an ordinary doll but with black skin . Same as nowadays you can offend Gays , Lesbions etc but everytime you turn around they have added another letter to the description , I end up scratching my head thinking what does that stand for .

[tonyav]

Most of the gals had Black and White dolls ( and Gollys )when I was in Infant/ Junior school.

[Mamyalynne]

The history of black dolls is as fascinating as the history of toys , you're right that some were poor examples and others almost grotesque but they never went away.

I loved the ones I had.

[Mamyalynne]

Then there was the Topsy-Turvt Doll, one which still divides opinion and of people put their own spin on it.

A child wouldn't.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/the-racial-symbolism-of-the-topsy-turvy-doll/416985/

[tonyav]

Don't think that I've ever seen a topsy turvey doll before, good idea though imo.

[bodeker]

Mamalynne , Don't think I have seen one of those Topsy Turvy dolls before but of course I had a Golly doll :)

[Everhelpful]

Stop the World,I want to get off.!!

[Mamyalynne]

That's a little theatrical surely.

[albaqwerty]

I loved my golly, a cuddly soft toy. my other dolls were white, plastic and either firm or hard.

~Never thought about racism in either form from having a whiye doll or a coloured/back doll

Surely, if we saw this world through the eyes of a child we'd be better off?

''It’s unclear whether topsy-turvy dolls were first created to reinforce racial and sexual power dynamics or if they were something more subversive.''

something more subversive? says an adult...….