Golliwogs not harmless, never have been - Human Rights CommissionCRAIG SIMCOX/FAIRFAX NZ The Human Rights Commission said golliwogs are "racist caricatures" that "dehumanise Black people". (File)New Zealanders who think selling golliwogs is OK "need a wake-up call", the Human Rights Commission says. Kat, who declined to give her last name, told Stuff "you have to be quick to explain [golliwogs] to black Americans". Supplied Tourist gift shop Escapade Boutique on Waiheke Island was selling golliwog dolls for $46. Golliwog dolls were created in the United States in the "Jim Crow era of racial segregation," Ammunson said.

Source: Stuff January 07, 2018 02:03 UTC