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My Da was a scot and I don’t recall anyone calling him anything other than Jock … including my Ma :?

@Moonshadow wrote:

@Mr Harp wrote:

Another excellent article from the Pulitzer Prize winning Guardian. The author a black woman describes eloquently why she personally finds golliwogs offensive.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/06/bbc-race-golliwog

:D

hres why I think gollwog is offencive.i went in to pats chat thinking swear b;astfran…

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@Trapper wrote:

is Jock or Limey or Pommy racist or does it depend how it’s used

Depends on the context in which it is used surely. :lol: :wink:

@Moonshadow wrote:

The fact of the matter is boo,s kids will grow up to think there better than black people.Thats exactly why I hate pats chat.

Ok Moon… :roll:

@kent f OBE wrote:

@Bemused Bystander wrote:

I do wonder however, if white people err on the side of caution unnecessarily. Is it white people who decide what black people would find offensive, or is it black people themselves? I often wonder.

The problem I think, is perception.

Thing is one coloured person could be offended and another…

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@Moonshadow wrote:

@boojangle wrote:

@Moonshadow wrote:

@boojangle wrote:

When your kid comes home bleating that she cant clim the ladder lol
what you don’t get is people can be people withought hanging on to insulting .I can see the pitty right now in your doughters eyes,honest I don’t think your a gollywog.make fun of off

Pardon? Sorry Moon but I…

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@Moonshadow wrote:

@Trapper wrote:

You speak to females.. hell loads even send you pics (non pervy I might add) then you must be a perve it’s JC rules.. btw helps if your name is Pete cause the P fits nicely with perve :lol:

Ok im wrong pats is an angel who wouldent know how to perv.

Whooooooosh !!! Straight over the head.
:lol: :lol:

@Moonshadow wrote:

@boojangle wrote:

When your kid comes home bleating that she cant clim the ladder lol
what you don’t get is people can be people withought hanging on to insulting .I can see the pitty right now in your doughters eyes,honest I don’t think your a gollywog.make fun of off

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We were subjected to some shyte as kids in the 70’s but we still love em :lol: :lol: :wink:

You know when I was a kid a golly was just that a golly. Baa baa black sheep was a traditional nursery rhyme & one of our favourite stories at school was a book called Little Black Sambo …. god forbid.

Get real PC folk – He was a black boy called Sambo, There was no racist intent. The colour of a persons skin doesn’t matter to a child we’re…[Read more]

@Moonshadow wrote:

@boojangle wrote:

I’ve been very lucky in the past six months as a local lady has been selling off her collection of Golly’s (much to the distaste of others) I’ve purchased quite a few for my lil princess… and explained to her WHY some people have issues with the dolls! Neither me nor her see anything beyond them being a toy…

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I’ve been very lucky in the past six months as a local lady has been selling off her collection of Golly’s (much to the distaste of others) I’ve purchased quite a few for my lil princess… and explained to her WHY some people have issues with the dolls! Neither me nor her see anything beyond them being a toy from my childhood.. she also has…[Read more]

@rogue trader wrote:

this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iun3RtbCE6A&list=RDIun3RtbCE6A#t=14

Right now we have established you CAN post from You Tube …… Do it yerself :lol: :lol: