Larkin Desk Soaps Cardboard Memorabilia Racist

[mimiwells]

Old vintage piece of Larkin Soaps Desk hard cardboard advertising...Racist. Is this allowed for sale on Ebay, not sure I know with all the unrest there is, would certainly not want to offend anyone, and  I don't just want to trash it.  Some foxing one issue on bottom corner.    Your thoughts.

[maxine*j]

Such items are listed under Collectibles > Cultures & Ethnicities > Black Americana >

[melda58]

The dark-skinned individuals in the item are Turks, not African, so "black Americana" may not be the right spot for it.  Personally I would list it in "Collectibles - Advertising - Soap" and leave it at that.  

Rita

[maxine*j]

Gosh, you're right.  I didn't bother to try read the text, and Turks aren't dark-skinned, so that just went right on past me.  I occasionally forget there was a time when anyone who was not a White Anglo-Saxon was "black" (if not "red" or "yellow").

[melda58]

Now that I think of it though, the text is definitely racist, albeit toward the "brown"-skinned Turks, so anyone interested in such advertising might indeed be looking in Cultures and Ethnicities.    Maybe listing in both is the answer if selling is the goal. 

Rita

[mimiwells]

Thank you so much.  I have decided it bothers me too much to list.  LOL...Thanks again