Donald Marshall shared Yacub Majeed's video.
Subliminal psychological tactic.
Damn what's up wit that???
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=824467847587834Jordan Allison Well, they couldn't put an uzi in her hand. They couldn't put a joint in her hand either so.... lol Just joking. No, its weird.
Shannon Lee Oh yes indeed....
Michael J Kahnke Well said, Young Lady. I'm glad she points this out. I'm gonna turn some dawgs loose on this one. Sharing.
Michael J Kahnke 'Abrianna' comes only with the clothes on her back:
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Amy Manico This lady is full of shit, and should probably look into facts before she goes and screams unfairness, racism (which is what I assume she's pushing here). My kid has like 6 of these dolls. They have variations. Some of the dolls don't have accessories and then they take the exact same dolls and put them in accessory packages.
The packages with the accessories cost $10 more.
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Amy Manico What do you know, this black doll WITH the accessory package comes with books! AND a library card! bitchiness debunked...
Michael J Kahnke Thanks, Amy. I believe she is telling the truth as she sees it. If it's packaged and presented on Staten island at the same price, and among the other dolls? That would be very insensitive. I did NOT see it displayed that way in this clip, FWIW.
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Jordan Allison I agree, people do fall into the old racism issue too easy sometimes. Like, its their own problem and not even the person they are accusing.
Amy Manico Oh, no! A white doll with no books! The horror! lol
Amy Manico's photo.
Michael J Kahnke Gee. She must be Catholic Irish. JK
Jordan Allison Does my head in, you see it all the time tho.
Amy Manico Meh, I dunno, Michael. Every store in the world makes shelf space for things that they WILL sell. Whites make up 67% of the overall population, so there's naturally going to be many more white dolls than there are any other kind. Did it ever occur to this lady that they only have the basic black ones at this location because they can't sell the ones for $10 more? Would she prefer that Target keep a section of shelves stocked all the time with fully accessorized black dolls that are just going to collect dust?
She went about it the wrong way. She's trying to make a big deal where there is none. If she thought there was a problem, she should have directed her concerns to Target and Our Generation, and waited for their explanation. I assume that then she would get a reasonable explanation, and having nothing to bitch about, so she doesn't wanna go there. lol
Donald Marshall Well done Amy Amy Manico. excellent breakdown.
Donald Marshall Video officially debunked.
Michael J Kahnke I think it's natural to share it online rather than with the store, where none of her peers would see it. If the story has no legs, so be it. It's just an upset kid. The broader issues of culture won't go away just because she might be wrong about the display. I think i recognize her motives, and I don't see her as some kind of charlatan.
Donald Marshall She probably only saw that selection at the store and made the vid on the spot. However, she would have seen the prices and may have omitted that part to start an internet controversy.
Amy Manico Let's just be honest. People purposely infuse race issues where there are none. It probably wasn't a deliberate attempt to be exclusionary, but rather than work it out in your brain why the dolls might be set up the way they are, she instantly went for the racism angle. It's so tired, and it doesn't help shit. It gets people worked up, and I'd bet money that was her intention when she released the video...to get people racially charged. SHE is the racist here, lol. Let's not open discussion or consider reasons why things are the way they are...let's throw suspicions and emotions into it instead, and then we can take 2 steps back instead of 1 forward....
Chef Wampum I frequent the Target dolly shelf often with my grand-daughter (who's half african-american black) and notice that the darker dolls are on sale often. What would you expect? They don't sell as well. Get over it. She likes all the dolls anyway no matter what shade.
Prometheus Dior @ CHEF half african-american black....THAT'S NEW...
Štëłłå Wñ Speaking of dolls, if I ever have kids and they happen to be girl(s) I'll buy them both black dolls and white dolls at the same time. But I wouldn't buy them dolls that look anorexic because I don't want them to have body image issues and anorexic dolls are unrealistic image of females. As for the dolls that don't come with books, I would just buy educational books separately.
Michael J Kahnke I'm guessing she's been taught to stand up for herself, and her race. I am in no position to judge that as a full-fledged member of The Dominant Culture. All the drama may not be accurate, but I can see how she would want to do this out of love, not mischievousness.
Amy Manico How is deliberately misleading people standing up for yourselves? She repeatedly said they are the exact same price in her attempt to inflate the "injustice" lol, but she lied, and you can't tell me she didn't know she was lying. Her insistence that they were the exact same price implies that she purposely looked. So she's either purposely lying about looking at the prices, or she knows they are different prices, and again, she's lying. At least for me, that's where she lost me. And any parents who have bought these dolls will pick right up on that lie....
Amy Manico As you can see here (just as easily as this chick could have done). The dolls with accessories are $32.99. The dolls without are $22.99. They have the black doll without accessories for $22.99...$10 cheaper than the accessorized doll (as I repeatedly said). They also have a white doll with no accessories for $12.99 while the black doll with no accessories is, as I said, $22.99. Is THAT racist?
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Michael J Kahnke "Her insistence that they were the exact same price implies that she purposely looked. So she's either purposely lying about looking at the prices, or she knows they are different prices, and again, she's lying."
I don't understand this bit...
I have no reason to think she is lying at all.
Do I think she rehearsed and planned to release an inflammatory race-baiting video to The World?
No, I do not. I think she's just a kid trying to do something about all the craziness she sees in The World the only way that makes sense to her.
I think we differ on how we see her motives.
Amy Manico I never insinuated that she "rehearsed" or "planned" anything. Maybe she was in the aisle when she decided to get carried away. But give me a freaking break. She's standing IN the aisle while insisting that these dolls are the same price. That is an outright lie. End of story. Why not get a close-up of the prices to prove it? Oh, I dunno, because you knew you were full of it? And like I said, that's where she lost me. You lied about at least one thing, and I don't have my head shoved so far up my ass that I don't know that she was, in fact, lying. So once you lie about one thing, you've lost me, and if you're a liar, why would I think that you have honest, good intentions?
Amy Manico We'll just agree to disagree. Have a great day!
Sue Pearson why is there only one black doll?
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Antonious Mendoza Jr. There no Mexican one
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Michelle Herrera It's not true. The white dolls don't come with accessories either UNLESS you get the "deluxe" version.
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Jay DeCamp You are on point today brother.