Little Black Sambo 3 Piece Pottery Set

3 PIECE CONDIMENT SET, advertising Little Black Sambo. The set includes a 1 1/4 inch tall pitcher, a 3 1/4 inch butter pat and a 2 3/4 inch jar with lid. All with the Little Black Sambo logo. This is collectible item inspired by the Children's Story called ' Little Black Sambo' by Helen Bannerman (circa 1899), a Scottish woman, who lived and worked in India. It is about a little boy who goes into the jungle and loses his clothing to bullying tigers. Some would have you think this is about a small African-American boy, but the reality is it takes place in India (after all Africa/America doesn't have any native species of Tiger and India calls their butter 'GHI" as it is pointed out in the original story. Unfortunately, some would want you to believe this endearing story makes fun of others or in their words, is "racist" - it simply isn't. It's about a young boy, growing up in India with his two loving and very hard working parents and the day he embarked on an adventure in the Indian Jungle - where upon he came across some very hungry and intimidating tigers... However some adults forgot that this is indeed a "Children's Story and tried to make it something it wasn't - While this story has charmed generations, current publishers have decided to avoid any sense of perceived negative connotations by reissuing the original storybook with a new title: "The Story of Little Babaji." The boy, his mother and father are given authentic Indian names -- Babaji, Mamaji, Dadaji -- and the illustrations are emphatically Indian.