Sydney, May 20 (ANI): Golliwogs dolls have made a comeback after being banned in a worldwide crusade against racism.
Stores along Queensland's tourist strips have reported a heavy sale of dolls, particularly to visitors from abroad, News.com.au reports.
Nostalgia-driven Baby Boomers are also buying black dolls, renamed gollies, as gifts for their grandchildren.
A storeowner, Deanne Edwards, from Prestige Flowers and Gifts, said she sells about 20 dolls a week.
However, the doll's re-emergence has shocked Queensland's indigenous community, who warn that the acceptance of dolls would be a step back in race relations.
Indigenous leader Bob Weatherall, the chairman of the Centre for Indigenous Cultural Policy, said the dolls were offensive and should be banned.
"It doesn't bring unity within a community; it doesn't bring back equity," he said.
Since the 1960s, golliwogs have been condemned as racist, and campaigns succeeded in their gradual removal from public life, particularly in the UK, the US and Europe. (ANI)
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