The controversial B次元官网网址済olliwogB次元官网网址� dolls are off the shelves at a Langley British-imports store for now, and the owner said heB次元官网网址檚 not sure heB次元官网网址檒l order more.

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The dolls sparked a complaint from Surrey resident Taylor Walker, who told the Langley Times Advance she was startled to see the dolls for sale during a visit to the store Sunday.

Walker, whose father is black, said the imported British-made black dolls, which have eyes rimmed in white, big red lips and frizzy hair, were offensive.

Bowles and co-owner Linda Hazelton insisted the dolls werenB次元官网网址檛 racist.

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Following the story about the incident, which drew a great deal of comment on social media, Bowles said the store received some harassing messages, as well as a lot of support.

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He said heB次元官网网址檚 not planning to re-stock the dolls at this point. The ones in the store recently were part of an order from 2015. Bowles said he wasnB次元官网网址檛 sure it made business sense to order more.

Golliwog dolls are based on a character in an 1895 childrenB次元官网网址檚 book called The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by British author Florence Kate Upton, who described the character as B次元官网网址渢he blackest gnome.B次元官网网址�

It was a popular childrenB次元官网网址檚 toy in many European countries, but in recent years has become a magnet for controversy, with critics saying the doll was based on blackface worn by white performers who crudely stereotyped black people.

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Because of that, Hazelton and Bowles said, the toys are now called B次元官网网址淕ollyB次元官网网址� dolls.

The Ferris State University B次元官网网址淛im Crow museum of racist memorabiliaB次元官网网址� website said Golliwog dolls were the B次元官网网址渓east known of the major anti-black caricatures in the United States.B次元官网网址�

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