Walmart under fire for selling black Barbies at half price of white dolls

Telegraph ^ | 03/11/10 | Heidi Blake

[HangnJudge]

It isn’t Wal-Mart that’s “de-valuing” the black dolls
it’s the consumer who doesn’t buy them
at the same rate as the white dolls.

Supply — Demand

A little sensitivity would have put them on the Clearance Rack however

[Thermalseeker]

Where is the Asian Barbie? Native American Barbie? Indian Barbie? Transsexual Barbie?

Where's the red headed, freckle faced Barbie? Only 3 in every 100 people are red headed. That makes us a much smaller minority than any of the other gubmint classifications and it's about time we were recognized for our contributions to society! /scarcasm off

[dools007]

Of course you’re right. Something doesn’t sell, mark it down. But with Marxists everything is political. A simple WalMart business decision becomes political, the weather is political (Global Warming and Katrina), education is political and so on.

The idea is to create chaos. The left believes its superior organization will survive the chaos and it will be the last man standing.

[albie]

Libs don’t understand supply and demand. This is an absurd story.

[Hot Tabasco]

Well, as a white person I’m going to sue them for reverse discrimination. They’re selling white Barbies for almost twice the price of black Barbies..........

[arthurus]

It is probably the customers who value "blackness" less than "whiteness." If the price difference did not present itself as a handle fơr Professional Negro whining then the complaint would be that the store doesn't sell as many black barbies to white people as to black people or the store is unfair because it charges the same price but black people are poorer and it's not fair to make them pay as much for "their" barbies as white people pay for the lighter toned ones.

[arthurus]

It is racism because WalMart isn't forcing white folks to buy as many black barbies as white barbies thus perpetuating the racist myth that white barbies are better than black barbies.

[Freddd]

live in rural WV, my county was 99.8% white as of the last census. There is only about 5 black families in the entire county of 22,000. Yet, the local Wal-Mart always puts out a large collection of black Santa Claus and Nativity Scenes which always remain unsold and are still sitting in the clearance bin a month after Christmas for 75% off.

One of my favorite Christmas pastimes is to buy a black Santa tree topper from the dollar store and discretely put it on top of my father-in-law’s Christmas tree. Every year the word’s, “That G-d D-mn Mike!” echo throughout the house when he finds it! It brings me great joy! ;-)

46 posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 7:44:56 AM by MikeWUSAF (RE-ELECT NOBODY - VOTE THEM ALL OUT!)
————————————————A real fan of Rev. Wright, eh?

[cake_crumb]

"If the items were moving they wouldn’t be slashing the price."

Exactly. Its sound business practice. However, Wal Mart is anathema to leftists for being non-union and therefore anti-Marx (which doesn't stop them from shopping there).

[Prospero]

Hanging out at Walmart looking for something you find offensive is no way to go through life.

Thank you. I was looking for words to that effect.

The picture is a metaphor for anything and nothing. To me, it's simply ironic, worthy of only the most passing interest. Some others would build a college studies program around it and immediately set about applying for federal grants.

More ironic, the latter would probably get that grant.

[muawiyah]

I have a hand-crafted "Divorced Barbie". She's a regular old Barbie Doll but she's in one of those "Ken" boxes with the shaving gear.

She comes with all of Ken's stuff!

There's no Ken in there with her though. We put him in an ordinary brown cardboard box. Can't even see him.

Now, cheap "Afro Barbies" ~ you can imagine what some perv might do with them eh!

there are people who do all manner of abuse to those toys

[freespirited]

When Walmart raises the price to be the same as the white dolls, some enterprising lawyer will file suit accusing it of price gouging.

[proud American in Canada]

“One of my favorite Christmas pastimes is to buy a black Santa tree topper from the dollar store and discretely put it on top of my father-in-law’s Christmas tree. Every year the word’s, “That G-d D-mn Mike!” echo throughout the house when he finds it!”

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LOL! You’re bad. ;)

[onedoug]

I’d buy a white doll and then file suit for having been cheated.

[muawiyah]

Hey, if it was a Democrat managed Wal-Mart they could call it the “Clarence (Thomas) Rack”.

[suijuris]

The implication of lowering the price is that it’s devaluing the black doll

IMO the preference for a light skinned or dark skinned is due in part to genetics and in part due to socialization.

A person who prefers dark skinned dolls can actually buy a dark skinned doll for half price. Seems to me that a person who has a predisposition for a light skinned doll is being discriminated against because they have to pay more.

[Vinnie]

Transsexual Barbie?

LOL
I can see the doll now, detachable boobs and other parts.

[ozark hilljilly]

Maybe they are only considered 3/5ths of a fashion doll.
; )

[Bassfire]

better get one of these "Undocumented Barbies" while you can, they can't keep them in stock...

[Texas resident]

Someone sent me a picture of white trash barbie a while back and I can’t seem to find it. I think she was pregnant, had a couple of other kids in tow, cig hanging out of her mouth, and a black eye.