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    @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 any thing I liked. Pound out the people in there are rampant racists. No onr will ver get the better of them,iv trid,Its a deep seeded predigest.

    #527515

    Then don’t try

    #527516

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

    #527517

    @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:

    #527518

    @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 any thing I liked. Pound out the people in there are rampant racists. No onr will ver get the better of them,iv trid,Its a deep seeded predigest.

    You read the guardian & type like that moon? Wow. :shock:

    #527519

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

    #527520

    @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 any thing I liked. Pound out the people in there are rampant racists. No onr will ver get the better of them,iv trid,Its a deep seeded predigest.

    Excellent comment Moon, ‘white’ people don’t like having their ‘casual’ racism challenged. It is so ingrained in UK culture it is part of the national psyche.

    #527521

    @boojangle wrote:

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

    Well I wont have it and I don’t like it.Things will change regardless of poili and co

    #527522

    Have you quoted the wrong thing there :?

    #527523

    your post made me giggle arc thank u im still working out what shes typed lol :shock:

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