[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

This will be some white, middle-class leftie getting all wound up on nehalf of a minority. Black friends of mine told me they never would have given the Golly a second thought if it hadn't been for white people drawing it to their attention. I had a Golly when I was very little and didn't for one instant think it was a parody of a black person. It was a Golly... a fictional creature... like a teddy, or a gnome, or a fairy. I'd be interested in what any black members of the forum think.

So a couple of black friends of yours get to speak on behalf of the whole black community? Umm, what?

Well if LIVIA's BLACK friends say it's okay, then it must be!!. lol