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Thatcher's golliwog comment...
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Why is everyone condemning her as racist, when nobody knows which player she was talking about and therefore whether the player does in fact bear resemblance to a golliwog?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If this was a private conversation, why then has the person(s) she was talking to leaked this conversation. It was exactly that, a 'private' conversation and should have been kept as such. If it was said as an insult, in public or on t.v. then the matter should have been dealt with but not under these circumstances. It was a conversation she obviously did not expect to be made public !
As it was a private conversation between herself and Adrian Chiles, then it must have been him that leaked what was said to the BBC. If he was offended by her remark, why not just say to her about it?
Do we have to have every little nuance of a conversation disected and analysed as a possible racist remark?
She apologised and said it was a joke.................what more does the man want?
Do we have to have every little nuance of a conversation disected and analysed as a possible racist remark?
She apologised and said it was a joke.................what more does the man want?
The below is copied from wikipedia. It explains that the term golliwog has during years of misuse been forever linked as a term of racist abuse. For a journalist working for the BBC not to be aware of the potential impact of using this term is beyond naive. Adrian Childs has just as much right to be offended as a black person. In my organisation this would be a sack-able offense, and as manager of my office I would not hesitate to dismiss anyone using any form of racially motivated insult. For Carol thatcher to have used this so openly demonstrates to me the environment in which she grew up to believe this was acceptable. As i said earlier. I blame the parents.
After the publication of Upton's first book, the term "golliwogg" was used both as a reference to the children's toy and as a generic, racist term for blacks. In Britain and the Commonwealth, "golliwog" perhaps became "***" a racial slur applied to dark-skinned peoples worldwide, including Africans, Italians, Greeks and other Mediterranean people, Native Americans, Middle Easterners, Hispanics, and Indians. [3] In Australia many young people of Greek, Lebanese and other Mediterranean descent have adopted the name "***" as a humorous identifier.
After the publication of Upton's first book, the term "golliwogg" was used both as a reference to the children's toy and as a generic, racist term for blacks. In Britain and the Commonwealth, "golliwog" perhaps became "***" a racial slur applied to dark-skinned peoples worldwide, including Africans, Italians, Greeks and other Mediterranean people, Native Americans, Middle Easterners, Hispanics, and Indians. [3] In Australia many young people of Greek, Lebanese and other Mediterranean descent have adopted the name "***" as a humorous identifier.
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Can you think of any tennis players who look like golliwogs?
Perhaps we could narrow it down ourselves.
Let's assume the player has to be black, with great big eyes and frizzy hair.
So...which player is this:
http://www.tzafonet.org.il/kehil/music03/music /debussy/golliwog.jpg
Can you think of any tennis players who look like golliwogs?
Perhaps we could narrow it down ourselves.
Let's assume the player has to be black, with great big eyes and frizzy hair.
So...which player is this:
http://www.tzafonet.org.il/kehil/music03/music /debussy/golliwog.jpg
Richard, yes, it can be used a racial slur. It also describes a formerly popular children's toy, now rightly considered to be racist. But if a black person, does in fact resemble a golliwog doll, why is it unacceptable to mention such?
If you are incapable of reasoning for fear of coming across as racist, imagine that there was an actual, real life golliwog playing tennis. Would it then still be unacceptable to say that this player looked like a golliwog? It seems to me that the condemnation is stemming from people who are absolutely convinced that is just completely genetically impossible for a black person even vaguely to resemble a golliwog.
If you are incapable of reasoning for fear of coming across as racist, imagine that there was an actual, real life golliwog playing tennis. Would it then still be unacceptable to say that this player looked like a golliwog? It seems to me that the condemnation is stemming from people who are absolutely convinced that is just completely genetically impossible for a black person even vaguely to resemble a golliwog.
I'm not racist, but I have to be honest, the first time I ever saw one of the latest Blue Peter presenters, that thought enterered my head.
I think if you are a certain age, it's because you remember them.
I'm a bit surprised as it contains a certain sequence of letters that answerbank has actually printed the word.
I think if you are a certain age, it's because you remember them.
I'm a bit surprised as it contains a certain sequence of letters that answerbank has actually printed the word.
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