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Originally Posted by boxcorner
And there were some enamel badges, too, that people used to collect - perhaps still do.
Perhaps next we'll see expurgated versions of Rupert Bear, that don't contain racial stereotypes. |
In the U.S., kid lit author Richard Scarry's books have been heavily edited. The ones I had are quite a bit different than today's.
http://boingboing.net/2007/10/01/dif...s-between.html
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Golliwogs were clearly based on "black-faced minstrels", which were a popular form of entertainment in Britain going back at least as far as the mid 19th century. When I was a teenager, one of the most popular forms of entertainment of Saturday night TV was a programme called "The Black and White Minstrel Show". Today it would be considered monstrously racist, but Britain wasn't a multi-cultural society back then as it is today, and attitudes towards such things were completely different.
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In "The Mikado", in the song "As Someday it May Happen" the term "banjo serenader" replaced the more offensive term that was used for minstrels. What's surprising is that the switch happened in the 1940s.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Mi..._it_may_happen
I don't recall where I read it, but there are several more interesting things about that song. For instance, the "lady from the provinces who dresses like a guy" isn't quite what it sounds like.