2006-08-20 05:42:56 · 28 answers · asked by pakistani_spack 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Uncle Ben's don't have golliwogs on their packets, it's a picture of a real man.
2006-08-20 05:50:41 · answer #1 · answered by stumpymosha 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Golliwog's are cute, I first saw them the time I started reading Enid Blyton's (british based) books when I was 7 years old, not once did I ever think of these golliwogs as a stereotype to african-american people. i guess children arent prone to stereotyping, i know i wasnt . i just wondered why they always acted annoying, but their actions are justified nonetheless. they were fun and silly and adventurous.
on the contrary mammy cookie jars are still for sale but i dont know if they are for sale in malls.
i know about these characters but i dont know what their deeper issues are since im neither american nor am i british.
certain movies back in the 40s have featured the golliwog as a child's toy (tom thumb-russ tamblyn) i saw this when i was 6 or 5.
i remember him because i bought the dvd recently.
quoting an article on the link i posted below:
"Seated upon a flowerpot in the garden, his kindly face was a target for rubber balls..., the game being to knock him over backwards. It pains me now to think of those little rag legs flying ignominiously over his head, yet that was a long time ago, and before he had become a personality.... We knew he was ugly!"3
I am sort of surprised that the golliwogs were regarded with disgust..hes never looked ugly to me as a kid and until now he still doesnt.
2006-08-20 07:57:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uncle Ben's depict a human being on their products.
Robertson's 'golliwog' was deemed to be an offensive racial stereotype and therefore the company removed it.
Sadly you also demonstrate an offensive racist attitude if you cannot differentiate between the two.
2006-08-20 05:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by keefer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's A Man Not A Golliwog!
2006-08-21 23:57:35 · answer #4 · answered by Jack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uncle Ben's doesn't have a Golliwog on its packaging. It has an image of a real man. Golliwogs are similar to Pickaninnies in that they show a stereo-typed caricature of a black person--and it's an image that is demeaning.
2006-08-20 05:51:38 · answer #5 · answered by jayfer1976 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
simple answer uncle bens is alleged to be made or for use in curry primarily an indian dish, hence an old man is the character they use to promote the product.
robertsons used to use the "goliwog" which was a derogitory term for a black or afro carribean person. so out of either political correctness or just good business sense the icon was dropped. the old man used in uncle bens advertising is not a derogotory term as the company alleges that uncle ben is the guy behind the company, a bit like "captain birdseye" the company birdseye used him for years, however i've not seen a birdseye advert for months now so is this a result of the guidlines that restrict the marketing of junk food etc. to kids? I don't know.
to sum up uncle bens are allowed to show the old man as they claim he is behind the company.
2006-08-20 06:20:13 · answer #6 · answered by thebestnamesarealreadytaken0909 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. they removed the golliwogs from the jam because people thought it belittle black people
2. uncle Ben's doesn't have a golliwog on its packets it has a real man
3. you can still buy golliwog toys in wales and Harrods in London
2006-08-20 05:55:26 · answer #7 · answered by carol p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uncle Ben's dont have golliwogs on their jars, they have a picture of Uncle Ben!
2006-08-20 05:50:58 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if i remember they turned the golliwog from black to white for a while, but no fuss was made about that.
i'll go and look at the uncle ben's as i cant say ive noticed.
2006-08-20 05:50:01 · answer #9 · answered by chunky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the proud owner of the surname Robertson my nickname has been Jam since 1968.
2006-08-20 05:52:35 · answer #10 · answered by David R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋