I think my aunt had one.
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Ever know anyone with one of these in their yard?
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Last: 8 yr ago by Blanco Ag
das racist
some men you just cant reach ...
Need to paint green and make him a Leprechaun.
Wrangler said:
Need to paint green and make him a Leprechaun.
Thats offensive to us leprechauns
Wrangler said:
Need to paint green and make him a Leprechaun.
Cultural appropriation
wangus12 said:Wrangler said:
Need to paint green and make him a Leprechaun.
Thats offensive to us leprechauns
/Colin
/tandy millerSwarely said:wangus12 said:Wrangler said:
Need to paint green and make him a Leprechaun.
Thats offensive to us leprechauns
/Colin
My grandfather had one near a coy fish pond. The statue was fishing.
My house came with one that was long-forgotten about behind some overgrown bushes.
Bayside is triggered by that jockey cuz the jockeys dong his bigger than baysides...lmao
Oh and bayside your sis told me so LOL
Oh and bayside your sis told me so LOL
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees" - Emiliano Zapata
Just terrible.
ctag94 said:
Bayside is triggered by that jockey cuz the jockeys dong his bigger than baysides...lmao
Oh and bayside your sis told me so LOL
My sister died when I was 4.
Ha....the Irish
Jeez man you're surrounded by death...go rub an egg on yourself
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees" - Emiliano Zapata
Yep, just down the street when I was a kid. Then a black family moved in and painted the face white. It was a major hoot in our neighborhood.....
What????
The tu athletic department has some of those.
Found in Snopes:
"Though sightings are pretty infrequent today, the yard ornaments that portray blacks in subservient roles have the power to gnaw insatiably at the spirit of blacks and to disgust others who are unaware of the furtive and notable role these "Jockos" played in the first half of the 19th century.
But escaping slaves understood then that the jockey statue would guide them to the Underground Railroad and to freedom
"These statues were used as markers on the Underground Railroad throughout the South into Canada," said historian/author Charles Blockson, curator of the Afro-American Collection at Temple University in Philadelphia. "Green ribbons were tied to the arms of the statue to indicate safety; red ribbons meant to keep going."
"People who don't know the history of the jockey have feelings of humiliation and anger when they see the statue," he added. "But this figure which was sometimes used in a clandestine nature, and sometimes without the knowledge of the person who owned the statue, was a positive and supportive image to American-Americans on the road to freedom."
"Though sightings are pretty infrequent today, the yard ornaments that portray blacks in subservient roles have the power to gnaw insatiably at the spirit of blacks and to disgust others who are unaware of the furtive and notable role these "Jockos" played in the first half of the 19th century.
But escaping slaves understood then that the jockey statue would guide them to the Underground Railroad and to freedom
"These statues were used as markers on the Underground Railroad throughout the South into Canada," said historian/author Charles Blockson, curator of the Afro-American Collection at Temple University in Philadelphia. "Green ribbons were tied to the arms of the statue to indicate safety; red ribbons meant to keep going."
"People who don't know the history of the jockey have feelings of humiliation and anger when they see the statue," he added. "But this figure which was sometimes used in a clandestine nature, and sometimes without the knowledge of the person who owned the statue, was a positive and supportive image to American-Americans on the road to freedom."
One house in my little hometown had one in the front yard, and even the very racist general populace found it odd that it was there.
Maybe I should do that with it. I don't think this one has been painted in a long time. He has a little hat but the uniform might be different from the picture in the OP.74OA said:
Yep, just down the street when I was a kid. Then a black family moved in and painted the face white. It was a major hoot in our neighborhood.....
My father-in-law recently remarried and the new wife has been decorating the house with all of her stuff...that includes 3, 6-8" dolls with black fabric for skin and dressed in rags.
There's a bit of awkwardness we are all working through with this new relationship...and this was just the cherry on top.
There's a bit of awkwardness we are all working through with this new relationship...and this was just the cherry on top.
My gma has one that sits on the edge of the porch holding a fishing pole.
If old, those are likely extremely collectible. It's a shame that just because a white person appreciates them, people jump to conclusions.......Wildcat said:
My father-in-law recently remarried and the new wife has been decorating the house with all of her stuff...that includes 3, 6-8" dolls with black fabric for skin and dressed in rags.
There's a bit of awkwardness we are all working through with this new relationship...and this was just the cherry on top.
I have one exactly like the one pictured. I have removed all the paint but can't figure out what to repaint it.
I had one but my HOA made me take it down
Hilarious.Quote:
Yep, just down the street when I was a kid. Then a black family moved in and painted the face white. It was a major hoot in our neighborhood....
Sounds like made up bullcrap to me. Were it true, though, it would be kind of cool to see a racist thing turned to be a help to escaping slaves. Which is why it sounds like bullcrap. Too good to be true.Quote:
But escaping slaves understood then that the jockey statue would guide them to the Underground Railroad and to freedom
"These statues were used as markers on the Underground Railroad throughout the South into Canada," said historian/author Charles Blockson, curator of the Afro-American Collection at Temple University in Philadelphia. "Green ribbons were tied to the arms of the statue to indicate safety; red ribbons meant to keep going."
Wouldn't shock me if I did. I've seen them for sale.
I had a topsy turvy doll with a mammie on one side. I didn't know the signifigance until much older.
I had a topsy turvy doll with a mammie on one side. I didn't know the signifigance until much older.
ctag94 said:
Jeez man you're surrounded by death...go rub an egg on yourself
ojo
I think my ggma had the same one
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