Posted on 12/14/2006 3:41:42 PM PST by SJackson
Yes, which is why some enterprizing people bought out all the Black and Hispanic dolls and put them up on ebay for 3 x the price. But the idiot with the "Bi-Racial" daughters nerver thought of that.
Want an example? Think $3,000+ PS3's. Maybe we should claim discrimination because PS3's are nowhere to be found.I don't want a PS2(plenty of those in stock), I want a PS3 and if I can't have one then the stores are in bigggg trouble. /s
It is pathetic. What about those white people of "color" who end up purchasing blonde hair, blue eyed baby dolls in spite of the fact that their children have red or brown hair and green or brown eyes. There are very few dolls that represent what my children look like. They aren't scarred.
My daughter has unusual coloring ~ Curly brown hair, beigy skin and green eyes.
Making a custom Cabbage Patch doll twenty years ago was the answer.
Mine dated Luke Skywalker. LOL
That was explained in the article. However, I'll recap: These biracial girls don't see blond haired, blue eyed reflections in the mirror that would match these dolls. They (the girls) simply look more African American than caucasion. Surely that is easy enough to understand?
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner. This is not rocket science.
My brunette is also a curly top. She has the Shirley temple ringlets with greenish/brown hazel eyes. She looks non-white in the summer with her tan! My red head is turning more auburn. She has green eyes and tans. Most redheads don't tan well.
I agree. However, the majority of the white population aren't super fair skinned with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes. If their complaint is that they don't have dolls that look like their children.....I say join the crowd! Only....I'm not really complaining. I think the whole thing is stupid.
so buy it online http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=166151011
Light eyes usually go with skin that freckles. Light-eyed people with deep tans are very striking; they're lucky they have some melanin protection from the sun.
"Would a black doll sold by Walmart in Canada still be considered African-American?"
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Wouldn't a Libyan muslim doll sold at Wal Mart also be African-American?
That would be like Senator Osama Obama writing a book about his WHITE mother rather than his BLACK sperm donor who knocked-up him mom and abandoned them both shortly thereafter.
Would Obama be where he is today without his sperm donor?
Thanks for those. There's a store near me that carries these, so I will see if I can find a "friend" for my daughter. The doll she has now is a Strasburg doll, and cost $40, and while it is nice, it is maybe a bit too nice for a 2yo (at least for now).
To the poster who mentioned having to change out the manufacturing line, I assume you mean having to clean the molds due to the different colors used. That could be solved by doing different color runs on different days (i.e. Mondays is dark skin day, tues is bronze, etc). The molds probably have to be cleaned on a regular basis anyway, so you can do the reformulations then. The rest of the changes are cosmetic (eyes, hair), and can be done by substituting different parts bin fills.
LOL
Maybe I should tell her she isn't pink.
Or these babies wearing thongs, fur jackets, and carrying purses? Where exactly are they going?
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