Is Barbie Racist?

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   tksenseiposted 14 years ago

   http://www.bvblackspin.com/2009/10/01/s … barbie%2F#

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   thranaxposted 14 years ago

   Na, I think there probably inspiring for little black girls. I mean hell, men couldn't decide on White or Black so they had Green army men.
   
   ~thranax~

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   Colebabieposted 14 years ago

   A woman made a line of Barbies for African-American girls. So why is that racist?
   
   I never had a Barbie, but I never wanted one.

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      Lady_Eposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I wondered too. What's the big deal? She simply appealed to a Market.

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   livelongerposted 14 years ago

   Certainly perpetuates the notion that blond and blue-eyed are the pinnacle of female beauty.

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      nicompposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      No it doesn't.

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   Paradise7posted 14 years ago

   Not precisely racist but hey, it's a piece of plastic.  Who cares if it IS? If the little plastic lassy gets too sassy we can just toss her in the bin along with her friend Ken until they get politically correct.

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   Colebabieposted 14 years ago

   <--- brown hair, green eyes. And Barbie is a bitch.

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   sneakorocksolidposted 14 years ago

   Look , if you're not willing to shave your head and poke out your eyes you're a racist!

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   Colebabieposted 14 years ago

   Ken is already castrated, I think that's punishment enough.

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      sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ow! Don't say that word!

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      tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      How ironic that someone named "ken" would be so afflicted.

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      Paradise7posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hah!

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   Skifposted 14 years ago

   My sister actually has a Barbie collection.  She has numerous brunettes with green eyes.

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    Ghost32posted 14 years ago

    How can she be racist?  She's not even anatomically correct!

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    tksenseiposted 14 years ago

    Did you get a load of the Diana Ross Barbie?

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    Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

    Let's see, they have had a Princess Di Barbie, a Barbra Streisand Barbie, an Audrey Hepburn Barbie, etc. What is the difference if they have a black Barbie? It is just a doll.
    
    Just making a black form of a doll is far from racist...don't even know where that came from...
    
    And if you are referring to the comments on the blog...one of them was implying it was racist...one person with many others disagreeing.
    
    They also have Disney Princess Barbies...not all of them are white...

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       tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       If you read the article it indicates that it came from certain African Americans who took offense to them.

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          Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Some people...not all. The woman who designed them is black as far as I know.
          
          I see more racism in some of the comments that in that. Obviously some other blog sent a bunch of people over there to comment and agree with one another.

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             tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             I didn't read the comments. What was the gist?

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    Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

    That there is too much racism. One comment that 75% of black women had babies out of wedlock by the time they were 18. They all like hip hop (a black women who commented that she likes country music was voted negative). They should stop "stealing" white icons like Barbie and Santa Claus and create their own. ( I especially like that one). That Barbie should come with food stamps.

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       tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Well, I'm glad I didn't read those comments then.

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       nicompposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Barbie should come with a divorce lawyer.

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    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    No doubt Ken has had his share of problems with Barbie and his Landing Gear............ But castrating him?
    
    I've noticed some of his other moving parts are abit sad also.
    
    As far as being racist is concerned: I think his being gay would be more contentious.

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    nicompposted 14 years ago

    One of my favorite words and I rarely get to use it...
    
    We are *anthropomorphizing* in this thread.

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       Pearldiverposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks for agreeing (just stolen your word )

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    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    Well, it was traumatic for me that I didn't look like Raggedy Ann.

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    A Texanposted 14 years ago

    I don't think Barbie can be racist. She is an inanimate object, right?

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    Tom Cornettposted 14 years ago

    Is there an Unemployed Barbie? 

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    \Brenda Scullyposted 14 years ago

    I SEE lots of Barbie Doll's on second hand stalls going very cheap, but no one wants to buy....... they prefer Bratz

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