Topic: Black Barbie is not worth as much...

[greasy j]

rawr, baby.

...this girl and her sister have actually died from anorexia complications...

I kinda favor slender girls. I'm small myself. my gf's naturally thin.

but that's just sick. pretty tragic, really.

[greasy j]

this is the #$%* that freaks me out the most

wtf people

yeah, me too.

so, so, so wrong. it's like they are trying to appeal to chi-mo's

[Frankenkit]

I'm pretty slim, too, but I'm healthy, anyway.  I wear a UK size 8 and feel pretty good about it.

[greasy j]

I'm pretty slim, too, but I'm healthy, anyway.  I wear a UK size 8 and feel pretty good about it.

good for you. I don't know women's sizing, but what matters is being happy and healthy. and if you feel good about yourself you are way ahead of the game. it's the key to happiness, IMHO.

[Caaveman82]

The key is really a nice cold beer (Surly in this case) and a good read on the patio.

[Old75_ratafe]

The key is really a nice cold beer (Surly in this case) and a good read on the patio.

Damn it I just remembered I had put a beer in the freezer and hour ago.... Didn't freeze all the way but woo frosty I had a beer slurpie 

[Caaveman82]

The key is really a nice cold beer (Surly in this case) and a good read on the patio.

Damn it I just remembered I had put a beer in the freezer and hour ago.... Didn't freeze all the way but woo frosty I had a beer slurpie 

See thats the ticket too haha

[greasy j]

The key is really a nice cold beer (Surly in this case) and a good read on the patio.

Damn it I just remembered I had put a beer in the freezer and hour ago.... Didn't freeze all the way but woo frosty I had a beer slurpie 

if you freeze hard alcy and kool aid it's a fruity treat. call it 'tropical trash'

[Caaveman82]

The key is really a nice cold beer (Surly in this case) and a good read on the patio.

Damn it I just remembered I had put a beer in the freezer and hour ago.... Didn't freeze all the way but woo frosty I had a beer slurpie 

if you freeze hard alcy and kool aid it's a fruity treat. call it 'tropical trash'

The only drink I can drink with juice in it is the 'volcanic eruption' at Psycho Suzi's. 52 oz of rum punch, otherwise I get sick drinking booze with juice.

[754]

geez that model.. looks like a hockey stick with clothes..

2skinnyferme.. they need more..

..more......... Cushin for the Pushin...................
..........................

[Frankenkit]

nothin' like boinkin' a bundle of sticks!

[754]

..Rattle them bones...

[Caaveman82]

That is like every girl in Japan.

[mlinder]

Someone give that girl a #$%*ing sammich, damn.

[Old75_ratafe]

I like my woman curvy, and preferably top heavy if you get my drift    I don't like it when I get bruised from all the sharp corners on girls THAT skinny lol

[greasy j]

I like my woman curvy, and preferably top heavy if you get my drift    I don't like it when I get bruised from all the sharp corners on girls THAT skinny lol

seems like most of my friends are the same way. I don't think most guys like skinny girls.

[traveler]

So....how do I get a East LA Mexi-American Barbie?

~Joe

[Frankenkit]

buy one of the expensive ones and dunk her in espresso for a few hours OR one of the cheap ones and bleach her a little.

[coldright]

My best friend and I made our own black barbies... we dipped their heads in aged corn whiskey then lit them on fire.  Gave them nice dark skin and tight little fro's. 

[Caaveman82]

So....how do I get a East LA Mexi-American Barbie?

~Joe

They have them in all ethnicity's now. My kid has a "black" one, a "white" one, an "Asian" one, and something that is in between the "black" and "Asian"

[Duke McDukiedook]

Lateesha Rodriguez: Take a look at this...
[she unveils the chart]

Lateesha Rodriguez: Blactino, blackasian, hispasian, OK? Now, for the Asian subcategories,
[to the Chinegro woman]

Lateesha Rodriguez: I got you, sister. We have chinegro right here. That's you. Chinegro.

Chinegro Woman: That's not a word! That's not a word!

Lateesha Rodriguez: Yes, it is, sister. We have koreagro. Japegro, OK?
[Crowd laughs]

Lateesha Rodriguez: Chispanic, koreaspanic, and last but not least, check this out, y'all... japanic.
[Crowd cheering]

Lateesha Rodriguez: That's how I flow with it!

Jerry Springer: Do you believe the government should recognise these racial subgroups?

Lateesha Rodriguez: Yes, Jerry, I do.

[razor02097]

I forgot why I clicked this thread link..... wait.... uh.....no....ermmm....Oh!

black barbie... white barbie?  WTF people... even my 5 year old niece can tell you that....  Teresa is black, Barbie is not.  Never was.  Never will be.  Barbie is the originator Teresa is not.

Beyond that... its a flippin doll.  Who the flip cares about a flippin doll?  To turn this into a racial issue is the one of the stupidest things I have ever heard.  Anything to get the whip out and whine about white supremacy this and that eh?  Jebus I thought this was the 21st century?  We are the most understanding and politically correct sociaty in the history of the USA... look where we are... complaining that a doll is on sale... Oh noes!!!  You know what?  Lets not even sell the Teresa doll anymore.  If we are going to talk about selling dolls as a race issue then you shouldn't be able to buy a black doll.  You should be friends with it and ask Matel if it can come out and play.



"Why don't you climb down off the cross, use the wood to build a bridge and get the hell over it!"   -Christopher Titus

Besides that there is the fact of businesses.  They have something that isn't selling.  They need to sell it.  What should they do?

[Laminar]

actually there was a study that was done to that effect.  by Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Clark
I wasn't all that willing to post to this thread because I couldn't find the experiment or its results...
anyway, in the 40s, sociologists Ken and Mamie Clark asked black kids about two dolls, one white and one black.

The majority, something like 60%, said they'd rather play with the white doll. Most said the white doll was nicer than the black doll and even weirder, 40-some percent of the black kids said the white doll looked most like them.

so there's probably more to it on the social side of it, but I'm also pretty sure that on the business side it really is that there's less demand for the black barbie, hence its being on sale.

here's a link to the ABC thing, where the news can tell us what to think:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7213714&page=1

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html

Try out the "Race IAT."

6. Do Black test takers show a preference for Black over White?

This question is the subject of ongoing research. Although White test takers tend to prefer White over Black, the results from Black test takers are more varied. Some Black people prefer Black over White, others show no preference, and still others prefer White over Black.

http://www.understandingprejudice.org/iat/faqrace.htm

[syth82]

So I read the whole thread........ Of all the things said on both sides of the "argument" the thing that bothers me the most: most stupidest.

Seriously though, I can understand the initial knee-jerk reaction of "well that just ain't right", but really I'm in the "business is business, yo" category.

[syth82]

No, I take that back, I'm more bothered by everything Joe said. Not trying to pick on you, but REALLY.