Dear Editor,
As far as I can recall, the golliwog doll was around in Victorian times.
My grandfather, while in India, had mentioned that the abbreviated WOG was short for 鈥榃estern Orientated Gentleman鈥� as the East Indians preferred to wear western clothes (ties, waistcoats, etc.)
The word golli or golly is a term for 鈥榳ow鈥�, etc. as in the lyrics of Little Richard鈥檚 song Good Golly Miss Molly.
Next, no doubt we will have redheads complaining about the McDonald鈥檚 clown, or the white-faced mimes 鈥� and even clowns 鈥� as it seems that in this day and age, we are overly sensitive and see insults in innocent things. The world has gone mad.
Vivian Cowley, 91原创 City
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