Al Jolson canceled by eBay
I was selling a used Al Jolson CD (he was once considered the greatest entertainer of the 29th century) and received this email notice:
"Your listing was removed. Offensive material policy"
An excerpt from their new policy: "Listings that promote, perpetuate, or glorify hatred, violence, or discrimination, including on the grounds of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, aren’t allowed.
This includes, but isn't limited to, the following:
-- Items, including figurines, cartoons, housewares, historical advertisements, and golliwogs with racist, anti-Semitic, or otherwise demeaning portrayals, for example through caricatures or other exaggerated features.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 4, 2024 4:01 AM
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20th century. I'm not posting from the future.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 2, 2024 1:42 AM
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I can almost understand it if there was actual blackface images on the items. But if there isn't, why is there a ban?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 2, 2024 1:47 AM
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Uh-oh. Does that mean the Allach porcelain is next?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 2, 2024 1:47 AM
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OP, can you share an image?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 2, 2024 1:47 AM
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Me thinks someone complained.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 2, 2024 1:50 AM
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[quote]and golliwogs with racist, anti-Semitic, or otherwise demeaning portrayals, for example through caricatures or other exaggerated features.
SO no one can sell Al Hirschfeld illustrations of Streisand ?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 2, 2024 1:51 AM
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This was always my favorite.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 2, 2024 1:51 AM
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I guess I shouldn't try and sell my Birth of a Nation.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 2, 2024 1:55 AM
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In the 30th century, he was cancelled but the martians on account of his base views of their kinds
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 2, 2024 1:58 AM
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post it w/out the pic, dumbass.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 2, 2024 1:58 AM
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Well JEEZ, OP. I wonder what the problem is, with Al in his best BLACKFACE on the CD? Gee, what could it be?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 2, 2024 2:09 AM
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There goes the market for Blackamoor brooches!
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 2, 2024 2:13 AM
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I doubt OP even has an Al Jolson CD. I think someone just wanted to rant against "cancel culture" or whatever.
And, btw, there are plenty of Al Jolson albums and memorabilia for sale on Ebay, so I doubt this is even true
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 2, 2024 2:18 AM
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Sonny Boy makes me misty.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 2, 2024 2:50 AM
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It's true, but I realize it's the cover image that triggered them to delist my item rather than the performer or the content.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 2, 2024 2:50 AM
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Such hypocrisy. The lyrics of so many contemporary “songs” are absolutely filthy, but Al Jolson is too offensive?
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 2, 2024 2:54 AM
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r20 You're believing the OP? Search ebay for Al Jolson - tons of stuff comes up, including the cd w/cover art that OP said she tried to sell.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 2, 2024 3:18 AM
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How is Al Jolsons music racist? He did a duet with Cab Calloway
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 3, 2024 2:32 PM
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What about Al steele from Pepsi cirxa 1950?
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 3, 2024 2:38 PM
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Ebay has eliminated Black memorabilia.
No more mammy cookie jars.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 3, 2024 2:43 PM
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I was hoping Jolson’s head had been harvested and revived in a fishbowl, somehow, by time travelers to wow audiences of the future.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 3, 2024 2:54 PM
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I want those mammy cookies
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 3, 2024 3:11 PM
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What are they gonna do, let you have the auction and then let the winner not pay?
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 3, 2024 3:20 PM
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1: Who buys CDs these days?
2: Who is in the market for Al Jolson these days?
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 3, 2024 11:30 PM
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There goes the resale value of my Larry Parks collection,
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 4, 2024 1:26 AM
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I appreciate al Jolson but I’m not buying his music on cds
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 4, 2024 2:53 AM
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Jolson’s not my favorite, but any man in my life better be prepared for the music of the dawn of the 20th century through the big band era.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 4, 2024 4:01 AM
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