The Golliwog Caricature (article from the Jim Crow museum of racist memorabilia)
The other day I thought of the Golliwogs, who figured very prominently in Enid Blyton’s Noddy books, which I recall vividly from my childhood.
The claim that Golliwogs are racist is supported by literary depictions by writers such as Enid Blyton. Unlike Florence Upton’s, Blyton’s Golliwogs were often rude, mischievous, elfin villains. In Blyton’s book, Here Comes Noddy Again, a Golliwog asks the hero for help, then steals his car.
Apparently, only in the 80’s were they systematically edited out of this material.
2 replies on “Golliwogs”
I do not think this is any more racist then a troll who is dipicted as a white male or female with frizzy hair and a long straight nose
i di ot think Gollwoges are any different then a troll a whit person with a big nose and a whisker problem. Get with it you are not the subject of rasicism overtly, these are just dolls!!!!!!!!!