links for 2007-08-11
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Someone get them an Adoptive Parent of the Year Award. They are involved with international adoption and yet make a living selling golliwog dolls. Read the History section and marvel at how they erase the history of racism surrounding golliwogs.
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“The Paper argues that our main stages (most in particularly, Sydney’s main stages), are horrifyingly devoid of non-white faces…Lewis offers a great deal of sound evidence for the argument of incidental discrimination. Unintended. Unintentional.”
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“In “Arctic Son,” the clash of tradition and modernity puts a Native father and son at odds in the remote village of Old Crow, 80 miles above the Arctic Circle. Stanley Jr., raised in Seattle, is drifting deeper into drinking and partying…”
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“The situation in Vietnam is typical of the shifting international adoption landscape, in which local conditions in various countries — including their economies, bureaucracies, rates of domestic adoptions … — are in constant flux.”
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Absolutely fascinating. A look at how the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica describes the KKK. Let’s just say, it glosses over a few things.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
Angel H. wrote:
Re: golliwogs
The link is broken.
Actually most of the links on “www.golliwogs.com” are broken. Except, of course, the one leading to the online store.
Posted 11 Aug 2007 at 3:26 pm ¶
Dawn wrote:
It appears the history section has been removed (literally erased) from the Golliwog site. I guess people will just have to Google the history now. That will not “erase” the fact the history was actually posted on the site before people began to ask questions.
Posted 11 Aug 2007 at 7:10 pm ¶
Andrea wrote:
Wow, they took that Golliwog site down with the quickness.
(from the cached webpage):
“Merrily and Ted Ripley, owners, are family oriented folks who raised the three children born to them, as well as 18 children that they adopted. Merrily has worked in the field of foreign adoption for more than 20 years and is the director of Adoption Advocates International. Ted is an attorney who specializes in estate planning.
When the children they adopted from around the world were young, Merrily and Ted had difficulty finding dolls for them with dark skin. Play dolls with Asian features were simply not made. Fortunately such dolls are available today and Apple Tree Dolls and Bears has a good selection of ethnic dolls offered especially so that children of color can have a doll that looks like them.
They have been interested in dolls and bears for many years and have an extensive collection. Merrily has taken advantage of her travels around the world in behalf of orphan children, to collect many different kinds of dolls, many of which are available at Apple Tree Dolls and Bears. A trip to New Zealand a few years ago introduced them to Golliwogs. They have developed a personal collection and an inventory of Golliwogs. These are available for sale at Apple Tree Dolls & Bears as well as at the new web site, Golliwogs.com.
The Ripleys can often be found at estate sales or auctions and have built a Victorian style home to house their many collections.”
Posted 12 Aug 2007 at 1:49 am ¶
Gouw wrote:
Dolls and Bears, rofl.
Posted 12 Aug 2007 at 11:31 am ¶
Ike wrote:
Re: the adoption article
After the author wrote that China is the “favorite adoption destination” and that adoption of African children is increasing, he wrote: “In addition, she says, there are signs that more American families are willing to adopt children of races and ethnicities other than their own. “As the white mom of African-American kids,” Stigger adds, “I think that’s fabulous.”"
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Just because a kid is not black does not make him/her white.
Posted 13 Aug 2007 at 10:29 am ¶