*warning topic discusses race and racism* who do you believe is in the right?

Okay so this is a long read but I wanted to give everyone all the facts.

So as many will know Golliwog dolls or golly is a black fictional character created by Florence Kate Upton that appears in children's books in the late 19th century and usually depicted as a type of rag doll. It was reproduced, both by commercial and hobby toy-makers as a children's toy called the "golliwog", and had great popularity in the UK and Australia into the 1970s. The doll is characterised by black skin, eyes rimmed in white, clown lips and frizzy hair. Though home-made golliwogs were sometimes female, the golliwog was generally male. For this reason, in the period following World War II, the golliwog was seen, along with the teddy bear, as a suitable soft toy for a young boy.

The image of the doll has become the subject of controversy. Whilst some people see the dolls as innocuous toys,[1] its depiction of African people has been accused of being racist,[1] along with pickaninnies, minstrels, mammy figures, and other caricatures. The golliwog has been described as "the least known of the major anti-Black caricatures in the United States".[2] In recent years, changing political attitudes with regard to race have reduced the popularity and sales of golliwogs as toys. Manufacturers who have used golliwogs as a motif (e.g. Robertson's Marmalade in the UK) have either withdrawn them as an icon, or changed the name. In particular, the association of the golliwog with the pejorative term "wog" has resulted in use of alternative names such as "golly" and "golly doll".

Now the facts are out of the way, a shop owner in a town is disputing the fact that he has a right to sell them in his shop whilst others say it’s a massive sign of embarrassment and disgust.

So who do you think is in the right? Is the community correct that he shouldn’t be selling them? Or is the shop owner correct that he should? Or is there another viewpoint you can think of?

I really hope this is a good debate, I thought about posting this in the race room and I apologise admins and fellow users if it’s in the wrong room but it is controversial!