Quite possibly the most racist item ever.

[KamaAina]

Spotted at a Costco in Greensboro, NC last fall.

[bigtree]

1. cute baby doll

. . . shame they used that nice doll for this sick joke.

I'm not sure this is for real.

[HughBeaumont]

2. Sold at a KlanMart near you!

Maybe the "Little Hussein" fossil will sell it to you . . .

[truebluegreen]

3. Costco!?!

zOMG

[HolyMoley]

4. "Last Fall"?

From 2009...

http://mo.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/seen_and_overheard/entries/2009/08/21/costco_pulls_lil_monkey_doll_p.html

http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/cuddlewithme.asp

[Raine1967]

10. Thank you for posting this. Welcome to DU! eom.

[Brickbat]

5. I've seen racister.

Looks like bad quality control.

[el_bryanto]

6. Good thing there aren't any details about this story

Other than pic and a slam on costco. That way I don't have to cloud my mind with any facts.

I might have the answers to questions like who manufactured the doll? Was it really at Costco (a company with a good record in a lot of areas)? and of course it was months ago? Was the picture posted at that time? Is the item still on the shelves? If it isn't did Costco issue an apology? And, not to beat a dead horse, but what about the manufacturer? Aren't they even more to blame for this item?

or is the whole point that Costco, generally a liberal company, are also a bunch of racists?

Bryant

[teenagebambam]

7. See post 4

Dolls have been off the shelves since 2009.

[KamaAina]

9. Not meant to slam Costco

I'm sure it was sold at other stores as well.

The woman who posted it to FB, which was then shared by a friend of mine, happened to see it at a Costco. In fact, that particular Costco pulled the doll after she complained.

[hlthe2b]

8. It is a very cute doll... But, insanely offensive, the way it is packaged, marketed.

that said, this does not appear to be a COSTCO intentional offense and they acted promptly and appropriately to remove it.