black sports man said to resemble a G0****** totally unacceptable

[johnny.5]

white weather presenter said to resemble a snowman no body batters an eyelid . where is the equality Am I right ? I'm not wrong !

[fredpuli47]

It was a children's writer who invented the name 'golliwog' in 1895 for a black doll in her story. The doll she used as the model was one of a [n-word] minstrel. Those minstrels were themselves grotesque racial stereotypes or caricatures (even though some were black, the point was that they played to a stereotype of ignorant, stupid, blacks, who played jolly music about plantations etc ).Hence the doll has big eyes, exaggerated red lips and so on and wears a performer's outfit.

Referring to someone as 'that golliwog' is, unsurprisingly, taken as racist , not merely a jocular reference to someone whose skin is black.

There's some irony in Al Jolson adapting this to become a star. He was the son of a Jewish cantor . Someone of one suffering poor minority imitating another !

[GYMRAT]

we went over this last night,check this thread out people-


http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Que stion702948.html

[craft1948]

Fancy her vibrasphere? - way off again as I'm female and straight.
Respect her - yes.

[TWR]

The people referred to as G------------- I have no problem with, I work with them, I see them cry, sadness, bleed Yes red, I find they can be real good friends, they work, may have a different way in life, the people I have no time for are the ones that try and change our way of life, be it Christmas, decorations, what we call our dolls, (What ever they are) This place used to be called Great Britain why, because our forefathers fought to make it great, Now it has become the dump of the world the great has gone, we let in Murderers from Romania, Pedos all the crap, the people referred to in the program came over to this country for a better life & what comes with a better life, is the way life is of that country so what right have have the cranks at the PC board to dictate what we can say & not say? If people do not like what we do, say, live, eat, drink, Ps off to another country that will give them houses, cars, lap tops, OH & yes our bloody taxes in benifits.

[FlyingFlump]

( There's some irony in Al Jolson adapting this to become a star. He was the son of a Jewish cantor . Someone of one suffering poor minority imitating another ! )



I can't believe Al Johson is not black .

Are there no Jewish black people ?

[funnygirl]

Sammy Davis Junior was one, but he converted.

[FlyingFlump]

That Al Jolson guy is another Michael Jackson look at him the fist video clip then the second video clip


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rBBpsaTcBg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WZRUIfHjo&fea ture=related


He does not look the same

[ruthann58]

well said TWR