Posted on 12/08/2010 2:19:56 PM PST by naturalman1975
A MELBOURNE doll shop has withdrawn a golliwog from its display to avoid offending the Oprah Winfrey roadshow.
The store removed the "Mamee" washer woman dolls after a visit by Oprah's production company.
But the Dafel Dolls and Bears shop in Block Arcade - where 110 of Oprah's guests will attend a cocktail party tomorrow night - will continue to display other golliwogs.
Golliwogs are deeply offensive to Americans because of their perceived links to slavery and racism. The store owner declined to comment because she had signed a confidentiality agreement with Harpo productions, but confirmed a meeting had taken place.
"Oprah's people came ... and yes it was discussed," a source familiar with the agreement said.
"As a result, they won't have that particular doll on display. But there will be plenty of other gollies when they come through."
The golliwogs still on display at Dafel's have an explanatory note on the origins of the black dolls, a throwback to the toys enjoyed by Egyptian children when British troops occupied the country in the late 1800s.
Dafel's has sold dolls and toys, including golliwogs, in the Block Arcade since 1945.
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Not quite. The original Sambo's is still open, the last one left. It's only open until 2:30 pm, so it's essentially a breakfast place now.
I’ve never said things like that in my life. I am just fed up. I am fed up with being lied to on a constant basis by go.con at every level. I am tired of being treated like a second class citizen because I am very hard working construction worker who has seen my livelyhood destroyed. I am tired of my taxes being used to bomb people from 30,000 feet (Serbia before the B.S. war on terror).
I have never griped or moaned in my life. I have had it to the grindstone and I actually saved for lean days, paid off my house, no debt, etc.
Yet evrytime I turn around someone else has their hand out wanting more of something they did not earn but they expect it to be stolen from somewhere else.
I am tired of Jesus being kicked out of this country because a few people piss and moan.
That does not even go into my being sick and tired of MOST blacks who hate me for the color of my skin. I am tired of MOST blacks who wont go to work but expect me to work hard so they can raise more nanny state tit sucking socialists.
Yea, I have become a racist, guilty as charged
I would be pissed off at MOST white people if MOST white people were voting 10 - 1 to elect commie parasites who wish to destroy the Constitution and everything it stands for.
I can only blame 1/3 of them.
Websters 1850 dictionary defines hate as a strong dislike.
Liberals have twisted the meaning of the word in order to make it a crime and enslave the people.
Believe it or not its OK to have a strong dislike for people who are in almost complete opposition to things like the rule of law and private property rights
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