Black and beautiful

Santa golly dollies, branded as “hateful objects” by the chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, have sold out in record time in one Geelong store. But readers cannot see what the controversy is all about.

What’s them? Tania Wiffen

I think they are beautiful dolls. I love them. Blaire Loren Kenna

Love a golly. Michelle Grayland

Yay, there are still people ignoring the paranoid dictators of the Left. Mick Koster

Conversely it could be argued that always having a white Santa is racist. The dolls are cute and festive. No need to over-trivialise. Jacqui Middleton

Something different. so racist about Monica Marega

Love the gollies. Jan Lunney

Where did the racist belief come from with these dolls? Just a politically correct attitude towards an ornament/ doll. What if it was yellow? Or green? Or, hang on, white. Simon Sac Carson

So sick of this crap. We all had gollies and we loved them. Lynette Porter

Nothing racist about the gollies. They’re adorable. I want one. Kimberley Wood

This problem is quickly fixed by some smart person making lots of gollies white. I would buy some and love them as much as my black ones. Carmel Campbell

Racist my butt! Julie Ann Lowe

The only racists are the ones that are calling it racist to have these gollies. The same as people calling back sheep “rainbow sheep’” when you go out into the country and see black sheep in the paddocks, with the black cows, horses, dogs, pigs and cats. Just wake up and let people live their own lives. Bob Gaye Dalmau

There’s a Christmas shop in Geelong? Yay! Jenny Fullerton

The Addy is the one using the word racist. Jenni Hunter

They look beautiful. Edna Smith

I love gollies. Frances Clark

Oh good golly and golly gosh the golly is back . . . or is that black! No, I only see the loveable wollygog I loved along with Ted and Dolly. Vanessa Cronin

An overweight Santa is depicting a negative image of lifestyle choice to children, so Santa needs a makeover. What about the OH&S of Santa parking on the roof and climbing down chimneys? Fall protection needs to be fitted to every house Santa plans to visit on Christmas Eve. Galah

I don’t think it’s about racism, I think it’s people trying to get their way in Australia. Ray