Submitted by Shameem on Saturday 4th July 2020
Published on Wednesday 16th September 2020
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Signatures: 543
Ban the sale of racist Golliwog or Golly items
The golliwog is a black fictional character. It’s characterised by black skin, eyes rimmed in white, big red lips and frizzy hair.In the book, the doll was described as "a horrid sight, the blackest gnome".
golliwogs were historically associated with blackface - a performance tradition in which white performers would wear dark makeup and crudely stereotype black people.
It also inspired the racial slur "wog", which in Britain is a derogatory term for dark-skinned people.
It is time to ban such toys and other paraphernalia. There is no place for such items in a civilised society.
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