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In reply to the discussion: After father's anger, Target adjusts sales price of black Barbie doll [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)30. I feel you.
I'm black and can't keep up. I prefer black to distinguish us from the current immigrants from Africa. But I know an Australian aborigine who prefers black too. My uncle prefers colored to distinguish him from a negro. Very difficult.
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After father's anger, Target adjusts sales price of black Barbie doll [View all]
TexasTowelie
Dec 2014
OP
Point being the other barbie is just known as "Barbie" not European-American barbie.
951-Riverside
Dec 2014
#12
WTF? They obviously wanted to be inclusive and you throw out an asinine attempt
KittyWampus
Dec 2014
#16
Funny how you latch onto "European-American" and not "White". Should the African American doll
KittyWampus
Dec 2014
#21
Kind of like Archie Bunker's two coworkers, "Black Elmo" and "Regular Elmo"
Gidney N Cloyd
Dec 2014
#24
The article explains it was an error by the store, a situation they quickly corrected. . .
Journeyman
Dec 2014
#2
Mattel had them both for $40 online, which makes both versions equally outrageously priced
Hekate
Dec 2014
#6
they're both normally the same price - the website put only the white doll on sale
TorchTheWitch
Dec 2014
#8
if it is "one of the hot new toys this holiday " then it's gonna cost more
belzabubba333
Dec 2014
#9
I don't think anybody will be buying that one for their 8-year-old daughter for Christmas!
Brigid
Dec 2014
#48
The video makes it clear that it was a pricing/systems error. Both dolls are on sale now.
MADem
Dec 2014
#29
The dad was right to make that phone call. He got immediate action, which was good.
MADem
Dec 2014
#33
We don't need to turn over rocks to find racism, it is all over the place
Bjorn Against
Dec 2014
#41
It makes no sense that they would sell one at a different price than the other.
Jamastiene
Dec 2014
#45