What is a golliwog?

allawardsnomoneyspent, Unfortunately, political correctness has gone too far. In the 70s, I used to collect the paper golly tokens off the back of Robertson's jam jars and when I had 10, I would pop them into an envelope and send them to the company and I could either choose a gollywog brooch or a gollywog playing an instrument until I owned the full set.

Player #96919, I also collected the paper golly from Robinson jam I also had a badge as did many of my school friends. we never saw any racism it was just a black toy. the worlds gone totally insane.

People want to find offence in everything nowadays I despair of it

Laudy Miss Claudy, I loved my golly.

Yup, unfortunately, they were the trouble makers in the Noddy books.

Agnetha from ABBA sang a cute song called Gollywog.

Player #13250071, my cousin still makes crochet golliwogs.

People are ridiculous. So we can have white dolls but not black dolls? 🙄 I have seen down syndrome dolls now!

Racism works on the social subconscious. Racism is hurtful to the oppressed, not the oppressor or the neutral.

PeacefulRecourse7, just a toy to you.

Player #96919, same as the people of the Netherlands with black Pete where white people paint their faces black with big red lips.....minstrel shows

Player #96919, p.c. has gone to far it was a toy end of

my daughters had dolls of several skin colours. A golliwog should be a symbol of anti-racism rather than the opposite.

aqualung, I had a unisex boutique called gollies and I had a girl and boy gollywog painted on my window

aqualung, Sooooo true!

PeacefulRecourse7, yes I'm in complete agreement with you, I never had a black Dolly anyway. so I never saw it being racist