The golliwog, also spelled golliwogg or shortened to golly, is a doll-like character, created by cartoonist and author Florence Kate Upton, which appeared...
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Creedence Clearwater Revival (redirect from The Golliwogs)
played together since 1959, first as the Blue Velvets and later as the Golliwogs, before settling on Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1967. The band's most...
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Robertson's (redirect from Robertson's Golliwog)
Limited was incorporated to run the business. The famous Robertson's Golliwog symbol (not seen as racially charged at the time) appeared in 1910 after...
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reportedly Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, as a golliwog. According to The Times, Thatcher called Tsonga "half-golliwog" and "the golliwog Frog". Presenter Adrian Chiles...
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"Golliwog" (also known as "Gulleplutt", English: "Sweetheart") is the debut English-language single by Swedish singer Agnetha Fältskog. Golliwog was the...
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American-born English cartoonist and author most famous for creating the Golliwog character, featured in a series of children's books. Upton was born in...
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depicted an image of a golliwog, a 19th-century caricature of a blackface minstrel, which is now regarded as racist. The golliwog image was removed from...
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Children's Corner (redirect from Golliwog's cake walk)
to the popularity at that time of the novels of Florence Kate Upton ("golliwog" is a later usage). They were stuffed black dolls with red pants, red bow...
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under fire for Golliwog display". AJP. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017. "White Christmas 'golliwog' display labelled...
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Enid Blyton (redirect from The Three Golliwogs)
the Noddy series substitute teddy bears or goblins for golliwogs, for instance. The golliwogs who steal Noddy's car and dump him naked in the Dark Wood...
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White Hart, Grays (section Golliwog controversy)
by Thurrock Council after a complaint was made against the display of golliwog dolls around the pub. The pub was raided by police in April 2023 after...
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åren (2004) My Very Best (2008) Swedish singles "Om tårar vore guld"/ "Golliwog" "Dom har glömt" "SOS" "När du tar mig i din famn" English singles "Never...
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them find a book titled Golliwog Goes to Hell, but notice that all of the pages after the first page are blank. The Golliwog (Kenneth Kynt Brown) comes...
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Leigh. There was also Chawky the white faced Golliwog who would complain: "Who wants a white-faced Golliwog?" and Candy Floss, a "Mamma Doll" who could...
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the Golliwogs and began developing a signature swamp rock sound. While "Suzie Q" proved to be a hit, the band had played for years as the Golliwogs in...
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the musical Time. He authored the book Buy Golly!: The History of the Golliwog in 2005, published by New Cavendish Books. He got his hyphenated name from...
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often been considered to be a slur against Africans. The figure of the Golliwog, with black skin, white-rimmed eyes, exaggerated red lips, frizzy hair...
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Stephen Hagan (author) (section Toowoomba golliwogs)
Toowoomba the "most racist city in Australia" after a display of nine golliwog dolls were placed by a Terry White Chemists shop underneath a sign inviting...
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the Indian coast." Many dictionaries say "wog" probably derives from the golliwog, a blackface minstrel doll character from a children's book, The Adventures...
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slurs by ethnicity Africans Abeed Black Diamond Boerehaat Choc ice Cushi Golliwog Kaffir Wog North and South Americans Asians Europeans Arabs Rafida (Shi'ites)...
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British golliwog later made its way back across the Atlantic as dolls, toy tea sets, ladies' perfume, and in a myriad of other forms. The word "golliwog" may...
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Records in 1961 and 1962. By the mid 1960s, the group had been renamed The Golliwogs and were recording with Fantasy Records, with Tom and John sharing lead...
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South Park with a plot revolving around the word's extreme offensiveness Golliwog Whether this usage is considered acceptable may depend on a sense of the...
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"pickaninny" caricatures. Alligator bait – Urban legend and racist trope Golliwog – Doll-like character Hottentot (racial term) – Racial term for the Khoekhoe...
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antiquated pejorative expression. Possibly a corruption of "God-damn". Golliwog United States, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand Darkskinned people...
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knowledge or approval, changed the band's name from the Blue Velvets to The Golliwogs. This group recorded seven singles that were not commercially successful...
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different states. Gaiety: Chocolate-coated wafers. Golliwog/Scalliwag: a biscuit made in the shape of the Golliwog toy, which was first sold in the 1960s and...
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slurs by ethnicity Africans Abeed Black Diamond Boerehaat Choc ice Cushi Golliwog Kaffir Wog North and South Americans Asians Europeans Arabs Rafida (Shi'ites)...
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Robertson's "Golden Shred" marmalade, in place of the previous icon, "Golliwog", which is considered racially offensive. The 2014 movie Paddington led...
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Caricatures Angelfood McSpade Bigger Hair Blackface Coon Chicken Inn Coon song Golliwog Pickaninny Rastus Other Black doll Miss Ann Mister Charlie House negro...
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