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It was a Disney cartoon from the 40s. It's where the characters Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit are from, and what the Splash Mountain rides are based on. There is a trick played on Brer Rabbit by making a "tar baby", which is considered rather racist now.pic.twitter.com/cHbz4jYhVb
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That's not a golliwog. Golly was a gnome in 19th century kids books and remained a popular toy. Best known from Enid Blyton books and being on Robertson Jam.
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Oh, sorry! You were telling me what a tar baby is.
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No worries. I think in general some aspects of white-black race relations don't translate well from the US to UK/Europe. See also the offense many in the US take to Zwarte Piet. Both this and that look very similar to racist depictions of blacks from minstrel shows.
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