Posted by Imani on 6/21/2003, 2:26 pm, in reply to "research" "The Golliwog's reputation and popularity were also hurt by the association with the word wog. Apparently derived from the word Golliwog, wog is an English slur against dark-skinned people, especially Middle or Far East foreigners. During World War II the word wog was used by the British Army in North Africa, mainly as a slur against dark-skinned Arabs. In the 1960s the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, one of the most noted regiments in the British Army, wore a Robertson's golly brooch for each Arab they had killed. After the war, wog became a more general slur against brown-skinned people. As a racial epithet, it is comparable to nigger or spic, though its usage extends beyond any single ethnic group. Dark-skinned people in England, Germany, and Australia are derisively called wogs. In the year 2000, a British police officer was fired for referring to an Asian colleague as a wog.The association of wog with racial minorities is also seen with the word wog-box, which is slang for a large portable music box, the European counterpart of the ghetto blaster. The wog-box is also called a "Third World briefcase." (http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/golliwog/).
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I cant believe that you labeled your message "research," and then you said that wog meant "worker of government," so it couldnt have possibly been racist. Dont you understand that slaves were the property of anyone white, and the white people were the government?!?! Also, I did a little research of my own and found out what the word means.
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