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Of course not Sid, otherwise I would have said "...however the conception of Golliwog Badges was".
"Blacks being more rascist to other blacks" Roger, this is getting crazy! That's like saying "women are more sexist to other women, than men are". All black people are doing are changing the meaning and context. The word 'niger' in rap music being a good example, taking an oppressive term and confusing it's meaning and so confusing the very mindset of those that use it disparagingly. This is great and I think funny because some people can't get their heads around it.
Having never met your Chairman Sid or been to Nigeria it is impossible for me to comment on, I certainly call my own children little monkeys all the time, perhaps you are more hung up on this than your chairman.
As I say it's all about context, things don't have to be offensive, but can be made so, even if they are the same word or symbol. It's the meaning we apply. eg: I call my Dad a D**k-Head and he does to me, people see this as funny, endearing and an expression of our close relationship. Now if I call you the same name on here in response to your views, the same word takes on a different meaning.
The same is true for golliwogs, people do find them rascist and thought about in certain contexts they are. So people have had to think about the best way to deal with this, sometimes by removing them ie Enid Blyton books, Robertson's jars. By liking toys or badges does not make you rascist (kids don't care), but the iconography is based on rascist ideas and that's the fact.
