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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts) Sat Jul 27, 2019, 02:55 PM Jul 2019

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

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

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Black rag dolls designed to be slammed against walls to make owners 'feel better' are pulled [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 2019 OP

good gawd!! What is wrong with some people!! riversedge Jul 2019 #1

OMG! yardwork Jul 2019 #2

Incredible! This country has some really sick people in it! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2019 #3

My guess would be that the dolls are imported jberryhill Jul 2019 #28

With a label tag that says: Ivanka Industries? keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #34

W...T... F?! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2019 #4

That's why they got pulled lunatica Jul 2019 #9

You might be correct. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2019 #11

They should sell some Trump versions... Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #5

Try this ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #20

There are many Trump versions of the dammit dolls. Tipperary Jul 2019 #26

Some designer or marketing person or buyer or manager of some sort, somewhere, looked at those.... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2019 #6

Jesus! lunatica Jul 2019 #7

K&R just for the WTF aspect Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2019 #8

Are you FU__ING kidding me? OMG hlthe2b Jul 2019 #10

Whatever.The.Bloody. 3catwoman3 Jul 2019 #12

A dammit doll knock-off? Okay. But... Beartracks Jul 2019 #13

yeah, before i saw the picture i expected something else. this is very 1930s stereotypical Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #15

Brought to you by Cartaphelius Jul 2019 #14

OMFG no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #16

Think of all the people involved in the design/production to market chain. 58Sunliner Jul 2019 #17

and the store managers who said 'hang these here' Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #18

"Noose sold separately..." MineralMan Jul 2019 #19

that was next season's doll Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #22

Disgusting...now, if they had a tRumpty Dumbty rag doll to throw against the wall to feel better... InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2019 #21

Actually, they do. Look up "Trump Dammit Doll". You can also find... WePurrsevere Jul 2019 #31

What about "Trumpy Bear"? Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2019 #35

That can't be for real. InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2019 #39

It is real. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2019 #40

haha, I believe you... just so ridiculously stupid!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2019 #41

Yep. Right wing authoritarians are nuts. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2019 #42

Brought to you by . . . gratuitous Jul 2019 #23

This is just sick! smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #24

Holy damn... Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #25

Oh. My. Stars. FM123 Jul 2019 #27

WHAT? Me. Jul 2019 #29

Were the white rag dolls sold out? sanatanadharma Jul 2019 #30

W.T.H! The racism of this Dammit Doll's design isn't even subtle. nt WePurrsevere Jul 2019 #32

Occasionally people wake up in the morning and think Blue_true Jul 2019 #33

Need to identify specifically those responsible. LiberalFighter Jul 2019 #36

The manufacturer, Harvey Hutter & Co., is already out of business... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2019 #38

they're black and they have....dreadlocks Skittles Jul 2019 #37

And the black red green colors often. Represented on afro centric clothing Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #43

omg Skittles Jul 2019 #44