These "feel better dolls" were marketed as a stress reliever with instructions to hit the doll against the wall whenever the user was stressed. They seem like Dammit Doll ripoffs, only with a more questionable design. Do you think these dolls are racist? Sidenote: Something tells me that the answers to this question will not be unanimous, which saddens me greatly.
Yeah, it's fucked up. I don't see how the subject of choice of color wasn't addressed in the creation of this object, nor in the board meetings before putting it into production. It seems blatantly racist.
You never really know the intent of people and the thought behind their creations. Maybe it was coincidental, or maybe it was made with a racist mindset.
I would agree that making the doll red, or blue, or another color would’ve made it better, though.
It's a little reminiscent of a golliwog, and with the African color scheme in the hair...it seems a bit iffy. Don't know if I'd outright call it "racist". Just wonder why that was chosen to be the theme.
I don't think so...I guess they would be if they came with stereotypically, 40's fashion racist things on black cartoons and dolls such as big lips and a monkey like appearance.
