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Janet Jackson Queries Racial Gift
Tuesday 20th March 2012 | Osh
The present was a gollywog doll and she has taken to her twitter account to ask fans about their opinions.
Alongside a photo of the doll she wrote "During the tour, I was given this doll named Maria. She was advertised as lifelike. How does Maria make you feel?"
Fans were angry and it caused a negative reaction, naturally. One wrote "you’d think in 2012 people would have much more class and not be so ignorant."
The gollywog is a rag doll with frizzy black hair and skin based on a character in children’s books in the late 19th century. The term gollywog has since then been used as a racial slur to black people.
Well that fan certainly left an impression on Ms Jackson!
