Friday, September 17, 2010

Black and White Dolls

Back in March, a Walmart store in Louisiana made headlines when it priced a discontinued black Barbie doll less than a similar white Barbie doll. ABC News quoted a Harlem community organizer who said Walmart was "devaluing the black doll" and a sociology professor from California who said that Walmart was sending a message that they "value blackness less than whiteness."

Now a Target store in Florida is in the news for pricing a discontinued white doll less than a similar black doll. Is Target being accused of "devaluing the white doll" and "valuing whiteness less than blackness"?

No, of course not.

Instead, Target is being accused of racism against blacks for making them pay more for a doll that resembles them. The Miami New Times quoted a black Target shopper as saying, "I feel sick right now."

When a Target employee explained to the customer that "most people are happy to hear that their doll isn't being discontinued," she became even more disconsolate. "When is this sort of thing going to stop, man?"
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10 comments:

  1. ARAT:
    These "people" don;t know WTH they want.
    You can't please them one damn bit.

    Make the BLACK doll LESS expensively (so maybe more less fortunate kids can have one)...that's RACISM.
    Price the WHITE doll LESS, and they bitch about paying MORE (the REGULAR price mind you).

    What these people NEED to do is STFD & STFU!

    And to think so many of these creatures reach into the taxpayer's pockets on a daily basis (thanks to the governemnt)...that's pretty damn sad!

    Good post, interesting story.

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  2. "These "people" don;t know WTH they want.
    You can't please them one damn bit."

    Er... How about pricing the black doll THE SAME as the white doll? That's all that's really being asked for. What's so difficult about that?

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  3. Better yet, Anon...why don't they just GIVE out the black dolls FOR FREE...like those welfare checks that come out of the taxpayer's pockets (NOT for free, mind you).
    Now THAT really sounds like a PLAN!
    (that these people would STILL find fault with, I'm sure)

    ;)

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  4. Absolutely an example of the how seriously FUBAR our country has become. Sadly it will have to get a lot worse to reach the tipping point and eventually get better.

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  5. "Better yet, Anon...why don't they just GIVE out the black dolls FOR FREE..."

    How about addressing my point? I repeat: what is so difficult about pricing the dolls the same?

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