Black rag dolls designed to be slammed against walls to make owners 'feel better' are pulled

[Demovictory9]

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]

1. good gawd!! What is wrong with some people!!

not meant to be answered. damn

[yardwork]

2. OMG!

[RKP5637]

3. Incredible! This country has some really sick people in it! n/t

[jberryhill]

28. My guess would be that the dolls are imported

[keithbvadu2]

34. With a label tag that says: Ivanka Industries?

With a label tag that says: Ivanka Industries?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. W...T... F?!

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]

9. That's why they got pulled

If there are any in red states they’re probably selling.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. You might be correct.

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]

5. They should sell some Trump versions...

fewer people would find them "offensive."

[ProudLib72]

20. Try this

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]

26. There are many Trump versions of the dammit dolls.

Not even new.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Some designer or marketing person or buyer or manager of some sort, somewhere, looked at those....

and said....

"Fine. Ship 'em"

[lunatica]

7. Jesus!

That just turned my stomach.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. K&R just for the WTF aspect

[hlthe2b]

10. Are you FU__ING kidding me? OMG

What have we become (or reverted to)? My depression is reaching new heights.

[3catwoman3]

12. Whatever.The.Bloody.

Effing.Hell?

I really feel like I don’t know where I am living these days. It doesn’t feel like the US I thought i knew.

[Beartracks]

13. A dammit doll knock-off? Okay. But...

... 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]

15. yeah, before i saw the picture i expected something else. this is very 1930s stereotypical

[Cartaphelius]

14. Brought to you by

The Trump Organization and the Communist Party (formerly republicon party)

[no_hypocrisy]

16. OMFG

And I thought the British "golliwogs" were bad enough . . . . .

[58Sunliner]

17. Think of all the people involved in the design/production to market chain.

and everybody thought, looks ok to me. Wow.

[Demovictory9]

18. and the store managers who said 'hang these here'

[MineralMan]

19. "Noose sold separately..."

Unbelievable!

[Demovictory9]

22. that was next season's doll

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

21. Disgusting...now, if they had a tRumpty Dumbty rag doll to throw against the wall to feel better...

I might just buy one!


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[WePurrsevere]

31. Actually, they do. Look up "Trump Dammit Doll". You can also find...

Trump dog chew toys, pee pads and, I shit you not, poop collecting bags. "Dumps for Trump, Poos for Pence".

[Buckeye_Democrat]

35. What about "Trumpy Bear"?

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]

39. That can't be for real.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

40. It is real.

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]

41. haha, I believe you... just so ridiculously stupid!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

42. Yep. Right wing authoritarians are nuts.

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]

23. Brought to you by . . .

The exact same people who were so "outraged" about Kathy Griffin posing with a mannequin head.

[smirkymonkey]

24. This is just sick!

[Blue_Tires]

25. Holy damn...

[FM123]

27. Oh. My. Stars.

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.]

29. WHAT?

They didn't know this is racist? What a bunch of liars.

[sanatanadharma]

30. Were the white rag dolls sold out?

Where are the blue-eyed, blond-haired, colorless dolls?
Are they so popular that they sold out?

[WePurrsevere]

32. W.T.H! The racism of this Dammit Doll's design isn't even subtle. nt

[Blue_true]

33. Occasionally people wake up in the morning and think

"Hmmmm, what utterly stupid and offensive shit can I think up today?"

[LiberalFighter]

36. Need to identify specifically those responsible.

And make it more public.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

38. The manufacturer, Harvey Hutter & Co., is already out of business...

... 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]

37. they're black and they have....dreadlocks

that's a serious WTF

[Demovictory9]

43. And the black red green colors often. Represented on afro centric clothing

[Skittles]

44. omg

you are correct

WTF