A Far North market has stopped selling golliwogs but debate about whether or not the dolls are offensive and racist rages on. The Old Packhouse Market in Kerikeri will no longer have golliwogs for sale after “a lot of lively debate” on the issue. A number of people thanked the markets and the stallholder for removing the golliwogs, saying they have a racist history. One commenter highlighted comments from the Human Rights Commission, which called golliwogs racist caricatures that dehumanise black people. Bevan Read/Stuff AUT Associate Professor Camille Nakhid says golliwogs are offensive – and not just to people of colour.

Source: Stuff July 09, 2020 20:26 UTC