Carol Thatcher may be banned by the BBC after tennis ‘golliwog’ remark

Times (UK) ^ | February 3, 2009 | Sean O'Neill

[ConservativeStatement]

Carol Thatcher, the daughter of the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is facing a possible ban from the BBC after referring to a tennis player as “a golliwog”.

The BBC told The Times last night that it had held urgent talks with Thatcher, 55, and was seeking a formal apology before it agreed to allow her to reappear on the network as either a contributor or presenter.

[ConservativeStatement]

Golly!

[Clintons Are White Trash]

Wog?? What in the world is this??

[missnry]

Golliwog

[albie]

The “Golliwogg” (later “Golliwog”) is a character of children’s literature created by Florence Kate Upton in the late 19th century, inspired by a blackface minstrel doll which Upton had as a child in America...BWAHAHAHA!!

[null and void]

Worthy Oriental Gentleman.

A Pakistani, Indian, or other darker skinned person.

Or to a scientologist, a non-scientologist...

[RexBeach]

A black doll or a black person.

[Bertha Fanation]

What would Noddy and Big Ears say?

[colorado tanker]

Wow, I had to Google this. Seems this is slang in the UK and Commonwealth for a dark skinned person.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwogg

Seems someone with the BBC with an ax to grind went public with a private green room quip and now the PC police are after Thatcher.

[Paleo Conservative]

Golly!

[LearnsFromMistakes]

We should have a funeral for the ‘g’ word.

[Leg Olam]

Maybe Carol was referring to Creedence Clearwater Revival. When Suzy Q became a hit they changed the name of the band from the golliwogs.. uh, yeah, sure... thats it.

[xp38]

The dreaded g word!

[G.Mason]

What “G” word is that?

[ken5050]

2nd cousin, thrice removed..of a macaca

[apocalypto]

Golliwog yet another banned word? hahahahahahahahahaha! The list is growing.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Don’t apologize, Carol.

Tell them in non PC language what they can do with their PC talk.

[reagan_fanatic]

The word ‘banned’ has now been banned for fear of offending the banded.

[OB1kNOb]

When I say that John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival was once a Golliwog, that's not a racist statement.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

that is SO cool.

I just wanted to know WHICH tennis player it was. article doesn’t say

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Worthy Oriental Gentleman.