Why Should Black Dolls Cost Less Than White Dolls?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6670819/Doll-race-price-row-Black-dolls-cost-less.html

/// She tweeted: “Not sure this pricing is socially acceptable in 2015.” ///

It certainly isn't madam, why should white families pay more for their dolls.

[maggiebee]

AOG there's a copy of the book Little Black Sambo on Ebay. Set you back £200 though for an original copy. Bit pricier than Janet & John.

[Zacs-Master]

That's cheaper than the original script for Snow White! Racism!!!

[anotheoldgit]

fiction-factory

/// Okay thanks. That's why I mentioned it- the same point has been raised and discussed before. But I suppos ethere's no harm in raising it again if there are no real news issues to support one's agenda/obsession ///

That s the real point to my thread, which some of you obviously don't or do not want to understand.

It is other's obsession/agenda to play the race card at every possible opportunity.

Obviously went it is shown to them in black and white, it touches a few raw nerves.

[Mosaic]

Not read all the posts but Just Jude caught my attention re eye n nose size....forensic anthropologists use orbit shape, head shape and nasal cavity sahpe as regional identifiers.
Ethically African people have a wider nasal cavity and a slightly wider space between the eyes - so maybe the makers of these toys have been taught by forensic anthropologists.

Not sure if anyone's said it but so pervasive are western values that many children of colour pick pink dollies to play with.

[Zacs-Master]

So the real point of your thread was a lack of real news stories?

[jno]

[i]It is other's obsession/agenda to play the race card at every possible opportunity.[i]

really? Name one other ABer who starts threads on the subject on a weekly basis.

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// So the real point of your thread was a lack of real news stories? ///

This is the news section and this was in the newspapers, therefore it is a news story.

I have seen

[Zacs-Master]

AOG, There are degrees of newsworthiness.

Your OP automatically assumes that only white people buy white dolls. As certain answers have shown, this is incorrect so your post was flawed from the start.

[RATTER15]

Supply and demand!!

[anotheoldgit]

jno

/// Name one other ABer who starts threads on the subject on a weekly basis. ///

Funny enough threads on race, Immigration, Islam and homosexuality seem to attracted to highest number of replies.

Without ABers posting on those subjects the News section would be dead. But having said that if my posts upset others so much, why do they bother to get involved?

[choux]

I am white and I had a black doll in my childhood. You are wrong in your assumption aog. Never mind, probably not for the first (or last) time :)

[RATTER15]

I remember my Sister having a black doll in 1950s

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// Your OP automatically assumes that only white people buy white dolls. As certain answers have shown, this is incorrect so your post was flawed from the start. ///

I cannot see why that makes my post flawed in any way whatsoever.

But doesn't the NEWS story tell us that because the White Dolls cost more, some assume that Black Dolls are viewed as less worthy, therefore in their eyes, racist?

The whole point of my thread.

[Zacs-Master]

He seems to be avoiding our point choux.

[Zacs-Master]

Ah, jolly good.

So why did you even feel,the need to write that 'white families' have to pay more for white dolls. Why not just put 'people' ?

[Zacs-Master]

Still no answer then AOG.

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// Still no answer then AOG. ///

I no longer wish to waste my time by playing your rather silly pedantic games.

[Zacs-Master]

My question is neither silly nor pedantic but very relevant to your stance on the issue. Sometimes you use phrases which give your real feelings away. Come on it's a simple question, why did you say white family, when you could have just said 'people'? You have claimed in the past that you choose your words carefully

[viv41]

I used to love my black dolly (called Susan) when I was a little girl.