The "Little Black Boy" lawn jockey was racist in 1886 (when it first appeared in High Street, Maitland, NSW, Australia) and has been racist ever since till contemporary times. The Penfold block of Maitland council hired a consultant for $20,000 to see if it could be heritage listed. The American racist garden gnome features in the “Racism in the Lawn” section of the Jim Crow Museum. I quote from the site: "For nearly two decades the Jim Crow Museum has used contemporary racist and primarily anti-Black artifacts to tell the story of African American resiliency." The site also states: "There is little to no evidence from primary sources to substantiate the story of Jocko Graves."
I note that reason for heritage listing, according to the right-wing Penfold bloc, is because it is "old".
I also note that at the same time men from Maitland left for WW1 and patted it on the head, the most
popular Australian song was "Australia The White Man's Land" and we had the White Australia Policy.
LINKS:
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1326028
https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2008/july.htm
https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2020/april.htm
