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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7290919/Rag-dolls-meant-abused-pulled-stores.html
Black rag dolls designed to be
slammed against walls to make owners 'feel better' are pulled from stores in New Jersey amid complaints they are racist
Black rag dolls with instructions to 'slam the toy against a wall' were pulled from three stores following complaints that they were racist and offensive'
The president of One Dollar Zone said roughly 1,000 dolls were pulled this week from its store in Bayonne and two others also in New Jersey
The dolls were made of black fabric with red, green, black and yellow hair
State Assemblywoman Angela McKnight called the dolls offensive
riversedge
(70,276 posts)not meant to be answered. damn
yardwork
(61,698 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,874 posts)With a label tag that says: Ivanka Industries?
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)It's clearly racist!
And they were being sold in New Jersey?!
I had to look it up, since I knew nothing about the city of Bayonne, but it's not even a rural community and there's more African Americans living there than many places around the country.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)If there are any in red states theyre probably selling.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)Good grief.
That's the sort of thing that I've only previously seen on some store shelves in the South. Not THAT item exactly, but stuff that was racially repulsive in other ways.
Wounded Bear
(58,691 posts)fewer people would find them "offensive."
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)President Donald Trump VooDoo 2020 Doll : https://www.etsy.com/listing/689535855/president-donald-trump-voodoo-2020-doll?
But hurry because they are almost sold out!
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Not even new.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)and said....
"Fine. Ship 'em"
lunatica
(53,410 posts)That just turned my stomach.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)hlthe2b
(102,337 posts)What have we become (or reverted to)? My depression is reaching new heights.
3catwoman3
(24,029 posts)Effing.Hell?
I really feel like I dont know where I am living these days. It doesnt feel like the US I thought i knew.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)... could they not see how the design looked? I mean, geez, it's minstrel-show black with Pan African rasta hair.
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Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)Cartaphelius
(868 posts)The Trump Organization and the Communist Party (formerly republicon party)
no_hypocrisy
(46,158 posts)And I thought the British "golliwogs" were bad enough . . . . .
58Sunliner
(4,391 posts)and everybody thought, looks ok to me. Wow.
Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)MineralMan
(146,324 posts)Unbelievable!
Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)I might just buy one!
Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Trump dog chew toys, pee pads and, I shit you not, poop collecting bags. "Dumps for Trump, Poos for Pence".
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)I personally wouldn't spend a penny on it, though.
Edit: It still blows my mind that's a REAL commercial. It seems more like a Saturday Night Live parody.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)I periodically saw those TV commercials in my area until just a few months ago.
Snopes confirms it, if you're skeptical of me:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumpy-bear/
If you live in an area that never aired those TV advertisements, I envy you.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)There's also an AM radio talk show host in my area who makes people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity seem well-rounded and reasonable: Bill Cunningham on WLW (Cincinnati).
He keeps "upping the dosage" of racism in SW Ohio. I couldn't find a recent example on the internet to show you the absolute garbage that's spewing out of his mouth lately. (i sometimes listen to that stuff just to keep tabs on the enemy.)
Edit: There's many decent people in Ohio.... I swear!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The exact same people who were so "outraged" about Kathy Griffin posing with a mannequin head.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)How can this even be? I can not even imagine how that person's mind works to sit down and design such a horrible thing....
Me.
(35,454 posts)They didn't know this is racist? What a bunch of liars.
sanatanadharma
(3,714 posts)Where are the blue-eyed, blond-haired, colorless dolls?
Are they so popular that they sold out?
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)"Hmmmm, what utterly stupid and offensive shit can I think up today?"
LiberalFighter
(51,020 posts)And make it more public.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)... according to BET:
https://www.bet.com/news/national/2019/07/27/racist-black-rag-dolls-get-removed-from-nj-stores.html
They obviously weren't the only ones responsible for the dolls appearing on store shelves, though.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)that's a serious WTF
Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)Skittles
(153,174 posts)you are correct
WTF