Posted by CHARLOTTE on 9/27/2004, 6:16 am
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I THINK THE GOLLY IS ADORABLE, BUT IF I WAS A BLACK AMERICAN, I WOULD NOT BE HAPPY. I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE GOLLY TO REMAIN A COLLECTOR DOLL, BUT,IN ALL HONESTY, I THINK THE GOLLY IS NO LONGER APPROPRIATE FOR THIS DAY AND TIME.
I AM A POSTCARD COLLECTOR, AND HAVE A HANDFUL OF HUMOROUS BLACK THEMED CARDS, WHICH YEARS AGO, I THOUGHT WERE WONDERFUL. I NO LONGER COLLECT THEM, AND WILL DONATE THE CARDS TO THE COLLEGE, TO BE USED TO ENLIGHTEN AND EDUCATE THE NON-BLACK STUDENTS, IN THE BLACK HISTORY CLASSES.
I UNDERSTAND HOW CUTE THE GOLLIES ARE, BUT I THINK THE BLACK FACE, MINSTREL DOLLS OF OLD DO NOTHING TO HELP INTEGRATE A SENSE OF BELONGING INTO THE PSYCHE OF OUR YOUNG BLACK AMERICAN CHILDREN. ANYTHING THAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT, INTENTIONAL OR NOT, SHOULD COME FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE, IS OFFENSIVE. THE EARLY YEARS IN AMERICA WERE NOT VERY KIND TO BLACK PEOPLE, I FEEL THAT THE GOLLIES ARE A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT MY POSTCARDS, FUN THOUGH THEY MAY BE TO YOU AND ME.
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