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Originally Posted by Mancie
I'm not saying that carole thatcher should be pulled up about saying gollywog.. it's a word/description of something..nothing more, but do we all in everyday talk speak about black people as gollywogs? ..seems so.. move on ... sort yerselves out..gollywog.. niggers.. coon.. are not accepted in the real world.
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Of course I agree with you, but it does confuse people when words that were once used to demean a person, are then reclaimed. The past term of abuse is neutralised through a political reclamation.
A black person can call another black friend nigger, and that's ok.
The same thing has happened with homophobic names like queer.
Happily I think the vast majority of people wouldn't wish to offend anyone purely on the colour of their skin.
Perhaps Ms. Thatcher would have been ok to use the 'g' word, if she herself had been a golly.
