...graffitti on a plant in a graveyard...:
...and these items that were labeled "magic pals" (or something of that sort):
Are they racist? Are they meant to be black people? Are they some ignorant-ass version of a voodoo doll (also playing off of the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil motif)? Really, WTF?In the same gift shop, I found this, as well:
In the defense of Savannah tchotchke shop owners, there were no jet black mammy soap dispensers or pickaninnies eating watermelon, nor were there t-shirts proclaiming that Georgia stood alone against northern aggression. Still, this was in a bookstore:
Along side these representations of black folks, there are many silences. That is the southern way.
In the defense of Savannah tchotchke shop owners, there were no jet black mammy soap dispensers or pickaninnies eating watermelon, nor were there t-shirts proclaiming that Georgia stood alone against northern aggression. Still, this was in a bookstore:Along side these representations of black folks, there are many silences. That is the southern way. 
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Those "Magic Pals" just look like someone thought gingerbread people should be made of a chocolate dough...but they do look very very disturbing.
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