{"id":129,"date":"2015-01-07T05:15:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T05:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2015-04-04T22:19:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T22:19:16","slug":"a-golliwog-in-2015-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/a-golliwog-in-2015-really\/","title":{"rendered":"A Golliwog In 2015. 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In 2015 I don\u2019t want white liberal types telling me what I should be offended by&#8221;<\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Somebody should Mr Artwell, somebody should. There is no such thing as cultural exceptions, for golliwog or the N** word. Perhaps you should take a course during Black History month instead of holding them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_129\"  data-site_id=\"632a645f943ec93423ce055c\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/a-golliwog-in-2015-really\/\"  data-item_title=\"A Golliwog In 2015. 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