To ban or not to ban?

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 2:48pm:


Well, I suppose the Nazi swastika started out innocently enough but later became a symbol of evil.

Same with the gollywog.

Them's the breaks.

Check this insanity out-

Argos branded racist for selling white dolls for £10 more than black and Asian ones
All three dolls are exactly the same except for their skin colour

The Corolle Calin Maria Doll sells for £34.99 at Argos Photo: Argos

By Victoria Ward
8:21AM GMT 22 Jan 2015


Argos has been branded "racist" after selling white dolls for £10 more than their equivalent black and Asian ones.
The shop is selling a white Maria doll for £34.99 while the Asian Yang doll and the black Namia doll are both £24.99.
All three dolls are made by French firm Corolle Calin and are identical bar the colour on their skin.

Lisa O'Reilly, a mother-of-three complained to Argos, branding the price discrepancy "unacceptable".
Argos apologised and blamed "a genuine online pricing error".

In a letter, it added: "I am sorry to read that you are offended by the price difference between the Maria, Yang and Naima Corolle Calin Dolls and I can assure you that Argos would never intentionally upset or offend our customers in any way."
A spokeswoman said Argos "strongly refuted" any suggestion of discrimination.
"A genuine online pricing error led to one of the dolls being advertised at an incorrect price," she said.
"This error is being amended today and all three dolls are now priced at £24.99. We apologise for any confusion caused."
Miss O'Reilly, 32, from South Killingholme, Lincolnshire, told The Sun: "It's wrong for our youngsters to grow up thinking non-white skin colours are worth less.

The Asian version of the doll, the Corolle Calin Yang, is a bargain at £24.99
"There's enough prejudice in the world already without battling against racist toys."
Corolle Calin prices all three dolls at £23 on its own website.
The 30cm doll is described by Argos as "the ideal first baby doll for the littlest mommies ages 18 months and up."
It says: " She has a cuddly soft beanbag body, so she can be posed like a real baby, and supple skin that is delicately scented with vanilla."
In 2010, the Early Learning Centre removed pigs from a farm set in 2010 over fears of upsetting Muslim or Jewish mums. They were later reinstated — except in the Middle East.
And in 2013 Jabba the Hutt's Lego palace was withdrawn after Turkish leaders in Austria said the Star Wars toy resembled the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwog

Never owned one.
No relations or friends of mine ever owned one.
Just how popular they were or are is debateable.

Don't care either way don't associate them with real people...

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 2:52pm:


The usual shite from the bush lawyer .........

I know a teacher who said that she was under orders
from the school principle to remove all Golliwog books
from the school library and burn them in the school incinerator.
She followed the instructions.

That was about 20 years ago.

Ban the dolls?

Ban the Boongs.