Black Barbie Sold for Less Than White Barbie at Walmart Store

ABC News ^ | March 9, 2010 | ALICE GOMSTYN

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Walmart is raising eyebrows after cutting the price of a black Barbie doll to nearly half of that of the doll's white counterpart at one store and possibly others.

A photo first posted to the humor Web site FunnyJunk.com and later to the Latino Web site Guanabee.com shows packages of Mattel's Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina Theresa dolls hanging side by side at an unidentified store. The Theresa dolls, which feature brown skin and dark hair, are marked as being on sale at $3.00. The Barbies to the right of the Theresa dolls, meanwhile, retain their original price of $5.93. The dolls look identical aside from their color.

Editors at Guanabee.com said the person responsible for the photo told the Web site that it was taken at a Louisiana Walmart store. The person did not return e-mails from ABCNews.com.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I can't believe this is a story . . .

[GoCards]

I dont know what to even say!

[rbosque]

Those *%@#$ racist kids!

[EyeGuy]

Obvious economic racism directed against little white girls.

[al baby]

About 3/5 ‘s as much

[greatdefender]

Obama could have a doll summit in Ken's House

[utherdoul]

who wants a black barbie? Or a white one for that matter. Unless of course your popping off their heads and putting lit cherry bombs in them.

[Lockbar]

I remember a national TV news story back in 1985 during the cabbage patch craze. A bunch of women at a store got mad when they got a delivery of Patch dolls, and they were all black. The media really liked that and thought it was funny, almost like it as a set up for the cameras. The media is sooo great at promoting good feelings.

[NativeNewYorker]

But if they were the same price, THAT would be racist because many folks who may want to buy the not-white Barbie are in a lower income bracket....

[MaxMax]

What will we do when apples cost more than oranges.

[chrisser]

Isn’t this called “affirmative action”?

[JmyBryan]

What if the black Barbie had cost more than the white Barbie?

[freekitty]

Me either.

[SharpRightTurn]

“Black Barbie Sold for Less Than White Barbie at Walmart Store”

This is outrageous. White kids discriminated against yet again.

Rev. Al, step up to the plate for white folk this time.

[CWW]

It’s called supply and demand, ABC. The African-American population in the US is around 12 percent. Walmart also sells more barbies than GI Joes — sexism!!!!! (sarcasm off).

[paddles]

How much is “Trailer Trash Barbie” these days?

[bIlluminati]

Too much of a discount. They should be 40% off.

[goldi]

Obama and the dolls could meet for a beer.

[ZX12R]

Maybe Walmart can stick a few in with each Angelina Jolie doll, and call it an adoptive set.

[metalcor]

My guess, they used racial quotas when ordering Barbies instead of projected demand. To much supply for less demand equals lower prices. The racial miscalculation began with the factory order.