Antiques shop is slammed as 'outdated and offensive'
for selling 'N**ger money banks' and golliwogs playing
musical instruments
- The items were on display in glass cabinets in Memories Antiques, Ramsbottom,
- Anti-racism charity Hope not Hope said they were 'outmoded' and 'appalling'
- Shopper John Pearce said he understood why people would find items offensive
- Memories Antiques said the money banks have now been removed from sale
An antiques shop has been slammed after selling an 'appalling' haul of racist memorabilia including 'N****R
money banks' and golliwogs playing musical instruments.
The items include a pair of what are described
on their £65 price tags as 'N**GER money banks'
and the reviled children's book The Story Of Little Black S*mbo for £23.
Also on display are ceramic figures of golliwogs
playing musical instruments for £12 each and
another offensively caricature-esque money bank of 'Smilin' Sam From Alabam' for £52.
The final 'offensive' items are three sets of eight
golliwogs playing musical instruments - for £10 each.
The collectables are openly displayed in glass
cabinets in Memories Antiques in the centre of
the Greater Manchester market town of Ramsbottom.
A spokesperson for anti-racism charity
Hope not Hate said: 'This is outdated, outmoded and offensive.
We're well into the 21st century, not the early 20th.
'It's appalling to use the N-word to describe anything.
'It seems on the face of it pretty amazing that
somebody in this day and age is still selling these
things, particularly with that kind of terminology.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ney-banks.html
What do you think?
I have sold 2 of these thngs in the past
(not using the terms here i may add)
and these still come up at auction now and then (again the auctioneer would term them now as "ethnic")
By the way if you wnat to get an idea about the
charity mentioned in the article just have a look at their website to get a wee idea at what their agenda is
https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/
