I think most older people still see golliwogs as an old-fashioned toy - mischievous but goodhearted gnomes - and don't see them as intended to represent black people insultingly. But this connection has been made now.
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I got the very distinct impression from my friends who lived there that this wasn't an generational issue, but more of an anti-PC stance
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What is? Older people genuinely often aren't up on the PC changes and haven't started seeing golliwogs as problematic.
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I mean I was told that it was an older person who had put it in the window unaware of the symbolism, although that is an anecdote
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