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Originally Posted by Indigowaters
Please read the thread before commenting. *Ugh*
I believe I can choose to do whatever I want to with my money without checking with someone first to see if it offends them. When you saw the title, what was your first thought? “I’m going to come on here and start something or give them a piece of my mind”? It may be ridiculous to you, but I want something that represents me and my culture and if you don’t like it, oh well.
I just wonder why is it that whenever people of an ethnic background on this board express a want or need for something that reflects them or their culture, do people choose to get offended? Usually these are people in the minority, because I don’t think everyone feels that way. But if they did, this would be a very boring country with no diversity.
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You're, of course, entitled to do as you wish with your own money.
I think the reason the reply was made to your comment was because you said that if there was a black Barbie you might be interested in this collection...and that *sounds like* you're saying that if there's NOT a black doll, you aren't interested in it.
Personally, I don't understand your position. Quite honestly, Barbie as a doll is just that...a doll. It/she means nothing, other than slick packaging and smooth marketing. MAC and Mattel have a PRIME market here w/the collectors of both brands.
Mattel has put Barbie in positions most women in the world have only dreamt of being. She's been a fairy, she's been a doctor, a veterinarian, an astronaut, a big sister, a girlfriend, a rock star, an American Idol contestant, WNBA player, a multi sport Olympian, cheerleader, dentist, nurse, pediatrician, surgeon, officer in the US Army, Navy, and Marine Corp, a pilot, USAF Thunderbird, United States President, Presidential Candidate, UNICEF summit Ambassador, Ambassador for World Peace, firefighter, police officer, a FREAKING MOUNTIE!!!, flight attendant, NASCAR driver, paleontologist, a cowgirl, a chef, the list goes on. Barbie has done more on the "equalization of women" front than ANY toy out there...and she's done it while maintaining a smile and looking good doing it.
Our daughters don't need women of a specific race to look up to and emulate. Our daughters need WOMEN to look up to and emulate, regardless of race.
I don't care if Oprah's black, I want my daughter to see that she's worked DAMN HARD to get where she's at and Oprah gives back. I don't like or respect much of what Angelina Jolie does, but I want my daughter to see that by being a person who gives to people who have never had, she's a better person for it, regardless of her race.
It's not about race. It's not about identifying with race. You know what the difference between me and a black, asian, latin, or indian woman is? Not a damn thing other than what we do with our lives and the choices we make.
I'd a whole hell of a lot rather my daughter identify with a woman for who she is rather than what she looks like or what her ethic background is listed as on the census paperwork.
