Sad

[Beefy]

http://www.youtube.com/v/0fNNOqmfM18

[dazie]

That made me cry.

When Barbie came out with the Rapunzel doll, acquaintances of mine rushed to get one for their niece.  The only one left was the black Rapunzel.  When gift giving time came, the niece got a white Rapunzel that someone had paid 3x the price for, and the black Rapunzel was given to a family friend's daughter.  It wasn't "good" enough for the niece.

That crap's gotta stop.

[Jessie]

My favorite doll growing up was Emily.  She was black.

[Beefy]

The little girl who hesitates when asked which doll she looks like... just heartbreaking.

[Alice]

That really surprised me.  If I were still a little girl, I'd want white dolls because I could relate them to me better... I would have assumed that a black girl would feel the same way about a black doll.  That's awful.

[Jessie]

Yeah, when she looked confused, that was really sad.

I find that so hard to believe, that those children think the white babies are good, and the black bad.  How does that even happen?

[dazie]

I would be interested to see what the results are if the "test" is performed in an area with a majority of black people- ie: somewhere in Africa or the Caribbean.

OR- if you gave an oriental child a black doll and an oriental or a white doll and an oriental doll.

[Beefy]

OR- if you gave an oriental child a black doll and an oriental or a white doll and an oriental doll.

The oriental doll would be considered a decent doll, save always wanting to know everyone's genders.

[dazie]

OR- if you gave an oriental child a black doll and an oriental or a white doll and an oriental doll.

The oriental doll would be considered a decent doll, save always wanting to know everyone's genders.

And being occasionally incoherent.  *nods*