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07-09-2011, 11:45 AM | #1 | |||
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'Racially offensive': Jena Mason, 65, is due to appear in court charged with a race hate crime after placing a golliwog in her window at her home in Worlingham, Suffolk Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1XGZIDSup 65 year old should know better |
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07-09-2011, 11:48 AM | #2 | ||
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You know Arista, I saw this too...... compare that to the Lauren Booth situation and the thread on here about her hate rally.
How on earth can putting a golliwog up at a window being classed as a race hate crime - but standing up in public wishing harm to people you don't even know, not be. The UK law is a joke. Complete farce. Last edited by Pyramid*; 07-09-2011 at 11:49 AM. |
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07-09-2011, 12:08 PM | #3 | |||
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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.
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07-09-2011, 12:16 PM | #4 | |||
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Sounds like grown ups behaving like children, and a bunch of busybodies stirring it into something. If it was intentionally and provocatively done, then the 65 year old is just a sad, pathetic old bigot
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07-09-2011, 12:17 PM | #5 | |||
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The 65 year old woman has done this to get a fight. "Neighbours: But the two families do not have a harmonious relationship" Last edited by arista; 07-09-2011 at 12:19 PM. |
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07-09-2011, 12:18 PM | #6 | |||
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From reading the article. The old woman knew exactly what she was doing. Clearly did it to be racist.
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07-09-2011, 12:18 PM | #7 | |||
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Well if LIVIA's BLACK friends say it's okay, then it must be!!. lol
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07-09-2011, 12:20 PM | #8 | |||
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07-09-2011, 12:29 PM | #9 | ||
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In my eyes, both are the same thing. Yet one is breaking the law, and one is not. That's my point. |
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07-09-2011, 12:31 PM | #10 | |||
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If this was intentional and deliberately insulting, then of course it is without doubt racist and unacceptable. I think the point made was that at 65, this woman is from a time when a golly wasn't thought of in any way as a parody, I too had one and it was a doll, like any other doll and that was all. I never once considered any deeper meaning to it. I don't know what the intent was in this case
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07-09-2011, 12:37 PM | #11 | ||
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I'm sure that it may have been viewed as an innocent dolly years ago (when i too had a golliwog) - but given the animosity between the neighbours - if the 65 year old has put up the dolly amidst this aggro, I think it's fairly clear what her intent is. imo anyway. What I disagree with is that this behaviour is deemed to be criminal vs behaviour in the same realm, not. |
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07-09-2011, 12:39 PM | #12 | |||
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As a gay man, if i was not getting along with a neighbor, and i see them put some doll with a rainbow flag an a pink boa in the window, i'd know exactly what they were doing.
This isn't about whether or not you can have a gollywog, it's about trying to intimidate someone for being a minority.
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07-09-2011, 12:50 PM | #13 | ||
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It's not as though the pc issues surrounding golliwogs over the past 20 years have been raised in dark corners, hands cupped round ears whilst whispering etc. I think the woman is trying to get away with her action based on the fact that a golliwog was an innocent children's dolly when she had one .... in in the camp that she knew EXACTLY what she was doing. |
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07-09-2011, 12:56 PM | #14 | |||
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PMSL,this is so funny,I love golliwogs and they can be worth a bob or two now.
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07-09-2011, 01:07 PM | #15 | |||
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my grandma put a gollywog in parce the parcel last christmas
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07-09-2011, 01:14 PM | #16 | |||
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I have one we found in our attic....
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07-09-2011, 01:15 PM | #17 | |||
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Grow up Alex. Read the last sentence of my post. I said I'd be interested to hear what black members of the forum think.
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07-09-2011, 01:16 PM | #18 | |||
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LOL,is it an old one?get it valued,they are hard to get now
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07-09-2011, 01:17 PM | #19 | |||
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07-09-2011, 01:17 PM | #20 | |||
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Did it scare the kids?
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07-09-2011, 01:32 PM | #21 | |||
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Reminds me of that scene from Extras.
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07-09-2011, 02:05 PM | #22 | |||
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07-09-2011, 02:36 PM | #23 | |||
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I want a Golliwoggy!
and yes she was being a racist bitch. That said, I don't get why certain insults are considered worse than other insults in legal terms. If she put a Miss Piggy doll in her window to insult a fat neighbour would she be charged? I doubt it. Last edited by Zippy; 07-09-2011 at 02:37 PM. |
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07-09-2011, 03:23 PM | #24 | |||
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This woman is an idiot. I dont think most black people still find this offensive. She wanted to get a rise out of middle class white lefties and she's done it.
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