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Stores here not meeting need for minority dolls
Capital Times ^
| Dec. 13, 2006
| Judie Kleinmaier
Posted on 12/14/2006 3:41:42 PM PST by SJackson
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:41:43 PM PST
by
SJackson
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:42:43 PM PST
by
SJackson
(had to move the national debate from whether to stay the course to how do we start down the path out)
To: SJackson
I walked through the store and saw so many people of color. But in the toy section everything is about being white."Sounds like a business opportunity.
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:43:39 PM PST
by
Ben Mugged
(Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
To: SJackson
Not Enough Black Barbies Bump
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:43:52 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: SJackson
They have a "right" to dolls that "look like them"?
That is just pathetic.
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:46:14 PM PST
by
Politicalmom
(Nearly 1% of illegals are in prison for felonies. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the legal population is.)
To: SJackson
My granddaughters, the oldest only 3, have every right to own a doll that looks like them.No they don't. They have no right to own any kind of doll, never mind a doll of a particular make. But if the money is at hand, they have a right to buy any doll made, or no doll at all. And the doll companies have a right to make any kind of doll they want to and sell it, and Wal-Mart has a right to sell any kind of doll made, and a right to respond to their market. And you have a right to start a company that makes dolls, and to start a store that sells them, and beat out the current stores and doll manufacturers.
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:46:20 PM PST
by
RonF
To: SJackson
Everybody wants in on the action.
To: SJackson
"she has been unable to find African-American Baby Alive dolls for her two biracial granddaughters"
If they are biracial, why not just get them a white doll.
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:47:08 PM PST
by
babygene
(Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
To: SJackson
Whatever happened to the good-old Raggedy Ann doll? Frankly I'm sick of girl toddlers playing with dolls that look like whores.
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:47:38 PM PST
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Why can't Republicans stand up to Democrats like they do to terrorists?)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:48:17 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Those who call their fellow citizens Sheeple are just ticked they were not chosen as Shepherds)
To: SJackson
A note arrived recently from Lori Bell-Santek, who is frustrated because she has been unable to find African-American Baby Alive dolls for her two biracial granddaughters. So? Manufacture your own and corner the market.
Stupid broad.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:48:51 PM PST
by
bonfire
To: SJackson
"But there's a market waiting to be served,"
If so, I can't imagine there's no one out there willing to cash in on it. I just hope we're not going to see litigation over quotas of ethnicity specific toys.
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:48:58 PM PST
by
Spok
To: SJackson
Besides, some of the earliest research on racial identification showed the importance of dolls in children's self-image. My kids identify with Orange-Americans, due to their early exposure to Sleepytime Ernie.
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:49:12 PM PST
by
LexBaird
(98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Is that Ken's boyfriend? No, that would be "Dont Ask Dont Tell GI Joe."
To: SJackson
Stores here not meeting need demand for minority dollsThere. Headline fixed.
To: SJackson
They better have a Muslim one in a burka by next year.
To: Tijeras_Slim
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:50:46 PM PST
by
LexBaird
(98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You think that this doll looks like a whore?
Ok....
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posted on
12/14/2006 3:50:59 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Those who call their fellow citizens Sheeple are just ticked they were not chosen as Shepherds)
To: Spok
I guess we have to be politically correct with proper quotas of various races and ethnicites of dolls.
God help us if we have to have gay, lesbian, and transgendered dolls so that little girls and boys can have those role models too.
Sheesh.
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