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I cant coppy and paste sorry.

Ok i travel a fair bit for my job ( i handle hazardous waste materials spent fuell cells ect.) any way i have been notecing a lot of shops selling Gollywoggs. a verry raceist blackface doll i mean all over most of scottland.
i thaught you guys might know if it is a new trend or some thing.

[Va'al]

I believe they're called Golly dolls, now.

But I had no idea about them being sold in big numbers at the moment.
This is the most recent piece of news about them, and I had to dig for it.

http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Southampton-Village-Surrounding-Areas/452957/Erasing-The-Taboo-And-Reclaiming-Black-Face-Art

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OH ment to reply.

Thanks and sorry if i said the wrong thing i dont often use offenceve terms at all.
but over the weeks ive been notecing the stuffed dolls and its been bugging me.
im not offended i hate the PC bregade don get me wrong. but i thaught it would pop up on the news or something.