From 1958 to 1978 The (UK) Black and White Minstrel Show was telecast on Australian TV. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AThe_Black_and_White_Minstrel_Show

There was no thought of its place in Political-Correctness-Land at the time. Just Showbiz. See a snippet http://youtu.be/3zj6o_DZfSw

and Where Have All The Golliwogs Gone? Long time passing.

Ascendency of the minority. All power to the individual! There is no society! ( and of course no GollyWogs either Plantagenet. One individual on the planet somewhere, is offended by the Golly Wogs)!

Golliwogs maketh the Man

diver Dan

Just ask Legally Brown http://youtu.be/OgeT4R-3yHs

les Anglais sont les Français.?
When le capitaine Jacques Cook donatee this terre to roi Georges III the Anglaises were kings de Frances. Oui , c'est in the Proclamation de the Accessions en Bretagneois. Quelle rouge-faced et offensif.

Ive seen black actors in comedy movies with blond barbie wigs and powdered
white faces. I found it funny even though I am white.

I think the lack of self esteem by some races make them oversensitive to
what is harmless humour.
I understand the history of it.

I saw a few shows of the black and white minstrels and to me it was just
a very good song and dance musical stage show.

The musical ability of the black African races was always admired by the white races.
The gospel singers, the movement they pioneered in music while the white races
were stuffy and too afraid of the sexuality of real physical movement until the likes
of Elvis finally pioneered black movement style in music.

The author writes: "you can’t separate blackface from its colonial history". Maybe it's time that she separated blackface from its colonial history and looked to a non-racist future.