I'm not sorry...
...says Carol Thatcher over Golliwog remark.
What the devil was Carol Thatcher, daughter of Baroness Margaret Thatcher thinking when she referred to a tennis player's hairstyle as that resembling a golliwog.
Whether she was in the Green-room (the lounge where guests and presenters relax before and after they go in front of the cameras) at the BBC, or on the telephone to one of her girl-friends or whispering the words "golliwog" into her pillow in bed, it's still an offensive term. End of... !
Picture: Tennis Player Gaël Monfils
Carol said she's not saying sorry because she's got nothing to be sorry for and she's baffled by all the fuss!
People who know her and are close to her are claiming that she's not racist at all. Well if she's not racist AT ALL why, for the life of me, would she "in jest" refer to someone or their hair-style as looking like a golliwog? It's a derogatory term which dropped out of circulation years ago due to its racist connotations.
The last time I was called a WOG, it was 1979 and the ignorant little boy ended up dazed and confused when I made it very clear that that was the first and the last time he would use such a feisty term when referring to me!
Going back to Ms Thatcher, if she wants to call someone a golliwog, it's entirely up to her. If that's what she thought, that's what she thought. Loads of people are racist or make racist remarks behind closed doors - she's certainly not denying that she said it, nor is she sorry so I guess she wants it to all blow over and go away and leave her alone and we ought to stop making a big deal about simple words said in the privacy of the Green Room!
The BBC don't see her comment as a 'private joke' because they've shown their disdain by banning her from The One Show!
Carol can only learn one thing from this and it's if you want to make derogatory remarks about people, be careful who you do it in front of. Not everyone thinks that the term golliwog is ha, ha, ha, very funny!
If you call me a golliwog it's up to you but don't complain when you're faced with consequences you never imagined.
What the devil was Carol Thatcher, daughter of Baroness Margaret Thatcher thinking when she referred to a tennis player's hairstyle as that resembling a golliwog.Whether she was in the Green-room (the lounge where guests and presenters relax before and after they go in front of the cameras) at the BBC, or on the telephone to one of her girl-friends or whispering the words "golliwog" into her pillow in bed, it's still an offensive term. End of... !
Picture: Tennis Player Gaël Monfils
Carol said she's not saying sorry because she's got nothing to be sorry for and she's baffled by all the fuss!
People who know her and are close to her are claiming that she's not racist at all. Well if she's not racist AT ALL why, for the life of me, would she "in jest" refer to someone or their hair-style as looking like a golliwog? It's a derogatory term which dropped out of circulation years ago due to its racist connotations.
The last time I was called a WOG, it was 1979 and the ignorant little boy ended up dazed and confused when I made it very clear that that was the first and the last time he would use such a feisty term when referring to me!
Going back to Ms Thatcher, if she wants to call someone a golliwog, it's entirely up to her. If that's what she thought, that's what she thought. Loads of people are racist or make racist remarks behind closed doors - she's certainly not denying that she said it, nor is she sorry so I guess she wants it to all blow over and go away and leave her alone and we ought to stop making a big deal about simple words said in the privacy of the Green Room!The BBC don't see her comment as a 'private joke' because they've shown their disdain by banning her from The One Show!
Carol can only learn one thing from this and it's if you want to make derogatory remarks about people, be careful who you do it in front of. Not everyone thinks that the term golliwog is ha, ha, ha, very funny!
If you call me a golliwog it's up to you but don't complain when you're faced with consequences you never imagined.
posted by August Mayfield at
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