Gollywogs are back!
May 20th 2012, 2:21 am
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Gollywogs are back!
........and from Australia........
Found off this website, worth a read to find out about the artist:
http://www.dreamtime.auz.net/default...ut+The+Artists
Found off this website, worth a read to find out about the artist:
http://www.dreamtime.auz.net/default...ut+The+Artists
May 20th 2012, 2:54 am
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Re: Gollywogs are back!
Black clothes would be an insult to black people who don't want to wear ghetto clothes...Jeremy Guscott doesn't look like he comes from Harlem
I wore a blue and white shirt to a bush dance....my family are very much serving class..but you'd probably call it public service...lol..
I wore a blue and white shirt to a bush dance....my family are very much serving class..but you'd probably call it public service...lol..
May 20th 2012, 2:58 am
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Re: Gollywogs are back!
Are Golliwogs anymore relevant to black people than Barbie is to white women?
Both gross charactures....
Personally I'd rather see Barbie banned.
Both gross charactures....
Personally I'd rather see Barbie banned.
May 20th 2012, 3:48 am
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Gollywogs are back!
How about these two - are they racists in nature?
May 20th 2012, 4:21 am
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May 20th 2012, 4:34 am
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May 20th 2012, 4:35 am
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Re: Gollywogs are back!
LOL Eddie 
May 20th 2012, 4:37 am
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Re: Gollywogs are back!
Stare into the eyes of the girl in the first pic. It's kind of scary.
May 20th 2012, 5:58 am
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Re: Gollywogs are back!
It's also used for cold/flu symptoms in these parts, as in "she's got the wog".
Never heard it used for Aboriginals, must be an FNQ colloquial thing.
May 20th 2012, 10:39 am
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Re: Gollywogs are back!
Strange. I live in Brisbane and the only place I have noticed them being sold over the years is in the Melbourne CBD. One of the story comments say they are being sold in a "cheap shop" in Sydney too so maybe some pound shop owner has bought a job lot and flogging them in the tourist shops. The store in Melbourne was a fancy store though that specialised in them.
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May 20th 2012, 10:41 am
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Re: Gollywogs are back!
Weird, in 40+ years in Brisbane I've never heard an Aboriginal called a wog.