How America Normalized Racism: The Golliwog
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- In 1895 a 22 year old Florence Kate Upton found a random doll int he attic of of her aunt's attic. It was a battered doll in blackface that eventually led to her children's book "The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and the GolliWog. This children book would become a popular hit.
A Black doll with black hair, red lips white eyes and appears like many images that you see with it relates to blackface.
The toy was everywhere and spread like wildfire across the UK.
In 1903, James Robertsons and sons, known in the UK for their preservatives saw the Golliwog and incorporated the image into their own brand. This branding continued up until 2001 when the company died, however the image of the Golliwog was still continued.
You may be asking yourself, how ia this relevant and how does it affect me today?
Great queation.
In 1915, Johnny Gruelle tool inspiration for a new doll that he was creating that was partially inspired by Fred Stone who was a blackface star, but mostly inspired by golliwog dolls. Every single one. The Raggedy Ann that you owned may have been the biggest tie-in to golliwogs than you think.
The first to ban the golliwogs where the Nazis in 1934.... think about that.
They were obviously on to something.
Not for the reasons you think. They banned them because they thought it would encourage aryan children to have feelings of affection towards black people.
I wasnt ready for that plot twist at the end!
Here from sidemen reacts lmao
whaaaaaaa, link?
@@ShawnRosell ua-cam.com/video/hVMt2LLQQ7Y/v-deo.html KSI brought it up so I researched it and found your video 😂
same
thanks. but what vid?
the sidemen reacts vid
I never heard of a Golliwog until I met my British GF and her family introduced them to me jokingly. Her Mom played with one as a kid and she’s in her early 40’s. I considered them more British then American but I never knew the story had its roots in the good old US of A. I’ve always seen raggedy Ann dolls but not once have a scene a Golliwag
Your videos are so short yet so informative, they're great!
The Origins and History of Golliwogs began during the British occupation of Egypt in the late 1800's, Egyptian workers wore the letters W.O.G.S signifying that they were Working On Government Service. These labourers were nicknamed Ghuls (the Arabic word for Desert Ghost) by the British Troops.
Based on Jam. The famous Robertson's Golliwog symbol (not seen as racially charged at the time) appeared in 1910 after a trip to the USA to set up a plant in Boston. His son John bought a golliwog doll there. For some reason this started to appear first on their price lists and was then adopted as their trade mark
robertsons used golly in their marmalade ads as early as 1977
I love golliwogs, they are so cute! we have a pair of them in our kindergarden group
A couple days ago my mum gave me a golliwog it had no face and it was in poor condition but I still love it
I love golliwogs I have one myself 👍
Such a good video 👍🏾👍🏾
There is a chocolate brand in Germany named "Sarotti". Their official logo, a "moor" (an offensive caricature of an African man posing as a servant who presents the product) was created in 1918 and remained basically unchanged until *2004*. Just one of many examples, and it shows you that it's not just an American phenomenon. And people continue telling me that I am too sensitive when I voice my resentment over things like these. What do you think? Should I not be offended?
I seen this in Tammy and the trex
The blackface imagery definitely had a appearance outside the US and in non English speaking countries. Just look at Japan's Dakko-chan toy in the 60s and their mascot for Calpis, both of which weren't removed until the late 80s. I think with Japan tho they didn't realise they were racist because they had little knowledge of stuff like minstrel shows and other western media. They most likely saw stuff like that, but they didn't know the context of it
It's Moop.
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Goliwogs were given to British workers from Egyptian workers way back, the Egyptians made them as gifts, and they called them golliwog, government of local workers
Where da sidemen gang at
welcome welcome
Racism is the normal condition of anthropology, America did what it needed to succeed in the antropological framework of civilisations. Racism dictates that your civilization, and your people takes priority over jungle monkeys or any foreign parties, and this is a fundamental tenet for success
I have 2 golliwogs. I love them very much, but I don't view them as 'racist.' I do see the bad side of them, but where the golliwog started was in Egypt. Little children in Egypt played with black stuffed dolls called 'Ghuliwogs' cause the word 'ghul' in Egyptian means 'Ghost' or 'Ghoul'. Egypt then decided to sail them off to the UK, and thats where things began with the 'Golliwogg', soon later, it was changed to 'Golly' cause of the word 'wog'; the racial slur in the UK towards black people. I've grown up with them and the books, and aswell as dolls, but I can see where its 'racist' on the appearence of the blackface, teaching little children about racist meanings and stereotypes of black people.
Are you black if I may ask?
@@MellowJelly Does it matter?
Ok, that was sadly awesome but too short.
By Golly Their Wogs…😂 Golliwogs Bring Them Back…👀👀😂😂😂
Wow great series! I had no idea about the fact at the end.
I have NEVER heard or seen of this. But it doesn’t surprise me regarding the UK story. Also what did they put in that jam?!
fruit
*America*
*Britain and Australia:* Am I a joke to you?
They look so cute and silly! I want another
Okay, so story I had been told of as a child was that raggedy ann was created from a likeness of a grandchild some one missed. Not sure if it was due them moving or a tragedy occurred, again, was told this at age 4 or 5.
These are hillarious
Man, thank you for these videos! It's incredible how things we are just so use to have a history to them that is terrible! How deep the roots of racism really are. Wow!
Americans never had chimneys during the 1800s ?
Karen from Finance
2:19 This doll is almost identical to those of the famous character in the song "Negrita cucurumbe" ". And the other dolls look like the character of another famous song. "" Un Negrito bailarín"" the difference is that the dolls of these characters do not lift any kind of controversy.
Thanks again for sharing
Wow! The Raggedy Ann? Never knew this. The More You Know!
Raggedy Ann ??? WOW! Your research is amazing & commendable. I learned something from your commentaries. 👍🏼
Yeah we should cancel them too to be fair..
Thanks for the insight man
whos here from sdmn?
Golliwogs came from India. The British saw Indian Children playing with them and the tradition began. Don't believe all the wrong information. Not Africa, nor American.
I came here from a pikmin video
Wow. I swear I saw some dolls like that(or atleast something similar) in the antique mall in Lexington VA. I didn't know they had a name. I was just disturbed that they were there in multiple booths.
Arnott’s biscuits, in Australia made a variety called ‘Gollis’, in the shape of the toy. Had no idea if it’s links to black face .
Really enjoy these videos
Omg . I had the Raggedy Ann and Andy Dolls. Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I even played a Raggedy Ann Doll for a Thanksgiving Day parade a few years ago. Omg wow. I never thought to research her history. Sharing this on my Facebook page because I have a friend who is a Raggedy Anne and Andy doll collector.
Again Thank you!
thank you Monty!!
I was waiting for the American connection because I knew the golliwog was British, but wow.
Great video Shawn 👍
Did anyone else come from sidemen reacts because they had no idea what KSI was talking about
a couple of folks did
Wow never thought I’d learn so much in 3 mins. Great vid man 👍👍
And the kewpie doll
I remember the Golliwog ice-cream now I just see them walking on our streets 😡🤬
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*Friends*
Fond childhood memories for some 2:16 but horrible for others 1:15. Its awful and shouldnt be seen as a playtoy or relic of value.
I keep on learning new things from you! Good video bud.
You must be a Zoomer.
Just found your channel today. So many informative videos. Learned so much today. Thank you! Had NO IDEA! that Raggedy Ann and Andy could be inspired by black faced dolls. Ugh so sad.
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Interesting 🤔
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