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12-11-2018, 11:58 AM | #1 | |||
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Antiques shop is slammed as 'outdated and offensive'
for selling 'N**ger money banks' and golliwogs playing musical instruments
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 A spokesperson for anti-racism charity Hope not Hate said: 'This is outdated, outmoded and offensive.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/ Last edited by LeatherTrumpet; 12-11-2018 at 11:59 AM. |
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12-11-2018, 12:26 PM | #3 | |||
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It's going to be outdated given these are antiques, its in the definition of the word.
I don't think we should be destroying or wiping out these things. To me it highlights the progress that has been made since those times, and it's a good reminder of how things used to be. |
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12-11-2018, 12:40 PM | #4 | |||
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12-11-2018, 12:47 PM | #5 | |||
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12-11-2018, 05:40 PM | #7 | ||
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What a convincing argument about what "maybe" was intended back then despite all of the racism we know went and still goes on. It was made to sell. Yes, and what? What bearing does that have on whether it's racist or not? Last edited by Marsh.; 12-11-2018 at 05:42 PM. |
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12-11-2018, 05:34 PM | #11 | ||
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There's no end of them in auctions there always has been i'm afraid - you can't cancel history .
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12-11-2018, 05:39 PM | #12 | |||
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12-11-2018, 05:44 PM | #13 | ||
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12-11-2018, 12:34 PM | #14 | |||
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12-11-2018, 01:27 PM | #16 | |||
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12-11-2018, 12:31 PM | #18 | |||
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feck me £65
over priced There shop is in Greater Manchester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsbottom will it get set on Fire??????????????????? Last edited by arista; 12-11-2018 at 12:33 PM. |
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12-11-2018, 02:19 PM | #20 | ||
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It's not right to sell them like they are every day items. They have historical value and there's a lesson to be learned from them but to sell them like they are some sort of curio is grotesque.
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12-11-2018, 02:25 PM | #21 | |||
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Yes Clever how the Shop owner puts them in the middle of normal buying items. Must be alot of the Robertson's Jam Jar fella pottery small bits - only £12 EACH Sign Of The Times Last edited by arista; 12-11-2018 at 02:32 PM. |
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12-11-2018, 02:39 PM | #22 | |||
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I agree although I would probably still side-eye the shop keepers for trying to make money off of items like this... how did they even aquire them in the first place what made them think 'this is just what the store needs' loool
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12-11-2018, 03:02 PM | #23 | ||
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Clearly they should go to some sort of museum, the shopowner shouldn't be trying to make money off racist artefacts |
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12-11-2018, 02:40 PM | #24 | |||
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Wait... was there a time racism wasn't a "thing"
What kind of utopia era did I miss hearing about.
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12-11-2018, 04:55 PM | #25 | |||
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