Naomi Campbell’s “air rage” was the news this weekend. According to her, she only acted out because someone called her a “Golliwog supermodel". A Golliwog? What's that? Sounds like something in The Lord of the Rings.
A Golliwog: "via Wiki"
is a ragdoll-like, children's literary character created by Florence Kate Upton in the late 19th century. The Golliwogg was inspired by a blackface minstrel doll Upton had as a child in America.
After reading about it, I had to see this thing. And I wish I didn't because, I use to have one of these dolls. It was dark with a little suit, a little different than the pictures, but it was made in the same format. I guess somebody thought it was a Black Raggedy Andy doll. I never thought it was something else, hell what did I know about racism then. But this is so weird, I was carrying a racist doll. My family bought this doll for me. No wonder why I had light skin/dark skin issues as a child.
Funny what you can actually learn from a supermodel.
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