"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
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> James Silverton > wrote in
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>> I did not see black people very often in the seaport in
>> Northumberland, England where I spent the war years. Mostly,
>> the rather patronizing term "darkie" was used and I don't
>> remember disparaging terms for European mainlanders. We'd see
>> French sailors sometimes since the town was a submarine base.
>> Come to think of it, we ate marmalade which came in jars with
>> a bit racist "Gollywog" stickers but I don't remember
>> associating them with people.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/150500...1_label300.jpg
>
> Really?

Yes, really. It was a child's doll and it was never connected to black
people because we never saw any.

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