# New black Barbie, "Not black enough" **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 21, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178 "2009-10-21T13:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/1 "2009-10-21T13:07:07Z")
No winning the in PC world. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/21/black.barbies.irpt/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/21/black.barbies.irpt/index.html) I guess they could have created a LaFonda barbie with dreads and a gang tat but I’m guessing they’d be in more trouble then. :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/2 "2009-10-21T13:09:04Z")
lol @ oreo barbie. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/3 "2009-10-21T13:10:45Z")
Everyone’s making it so awkward for minorities. I guess everything being super awkward and PC is better than being hateful, but you can only assume one causes the other. if I weren’t a totally white person I’d probably gtfo of the united states and move to the UK or something, where it isn’t a big deal to have not-white skin. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/4 "2009-10-21T13:13:46Z")
I cant wait to go buy a black barbie for my daughter. (Am I allowed to say that?) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/5 "2009-10-21T13:16:35Z")
man people are so stupid. It isnt like normal cracker barbie is really representative of all white women… oh noes her hair isnt like mine… don’t black chicks go nuts for weaves??? one woman can have like 6 dozen different hair styles… maybe they need to be more like the barbie than the barbie being more like them? ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/6 "2009-10-21T13:19:13Z")
> [@bing](#): > > maybe they need to be more like the barbie than the barbie being more like them? No… Thats bad for self esteem. Fat people must not be made to feel bad about themselfs. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/7 "2009-10-21T13:20:33Z")
yeah where’s fat-ass barbie? ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/8 "2009-10-21T13:24:03Z")
Stuck on the island of misfit toys no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/9 "2009-10-21T13:26:26Z")
Wow. “The new black Barbies released by Mattel have fuller lips, curlier hair and other features that the company says more accurately represent African-American women.” So what are the “other features”…? > [@bing](#): > > It isnt like normal cracker barbie is really representative of all white women… Haha…I always love your spin on things. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/10 "2009-10-21T13:30:53Z")
> [@bing](#): > > yeah where’s fat-ass barbie? No, that would be racist… So it doesn’t have the same hair. It doesn’t look like a black typical girl. Make one that is overweight, with multiple earrings wearing FUBU and talking on a cellphone, while carrying a purse that can carry a bowling ball and it would be racist. But the funny thing is that represents a good majority of the “image” that you see walking through UB every day. How many girls do you see that look like the white Barbie? Some people should just quit bitching since they are never happy with anything. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/11 "2009-10-21T13:34:28Z")
> [@camarojoe](#): > > How many girls do you see that look like the white Barbie? Nowhere near enough, but that’s not Mattel’s fault, it’s McDonald’s. 😉 EDIT: So glad my wife isn’t on here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/12 "2009-10-21T13:34:44Z")
:picard: ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/13 "2009-10-21T13:40:13Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Nowhere near enough, but that’s not Mattel’s fault, it’s McDonald’s. 😉 > > EDIT: So glad my wife isn’t on here. 🙂 LOL. ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/14 "2009-10-21T13:42:44Z")
The media must be REALLY bored lately for this to be the top story on CNN. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/15 "2009-10-21T13:47:56Z")
lol, I can’t believe they really wanted to make an oreo barbie… ---
**Author:** ![breakstuff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breakstuff/32/5413_2.png) [@breakstuff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/breakstuff)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/16 "2009-10-21T13:50:05Z")
> Afrocentric that pissed my caucasentric spell checker off. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/17 "2009-10-21T13:53:38Z")
![http://www.france24.com/en//files/element_multimedia/diapo/Oreo%20Barbie.JPG](http://www.france24.com/en//files/element_multimedia/diapo/Oreo%20Barbie.JPG) ![http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/06/oreobarbie.jpg](http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/06/oreobarbie.jpg) But more realistic ![http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8M4A38LyBBs/SnvblMX2ZFI/AAAAAAAAM3Y/R8y_N_haC9M/s400/Weirdest+Barbie4.jpg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8M4A38LyBBs/SnvblMX2ZFI/AAAAAAAAM3Y/R8y_N_haC9M/s400/Weirdest+Barbie4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/18 "2009-10-21T13:56:59Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > if I were smart I’d probably gtfo of the united states and move to the UK or something fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/19 "2009-10-21T13:58:31Z")
Funny when you consider that only black chicks are actually shaped like barbies if you scale the doll up to human size… ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-black-barbie-not-black-enough/75178/20 "2009-10-21T14:03:00Z")
Could still be “worse” These were offensive too… 80’s Barbie ![http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2008/10/y1pgshsin0wqiuxfwnwxqzewwidoezl7z4eqzs8vcbql94h6-bivzm1ya2cavbgusrbr2m6-c4m_qu.jpg](http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2008/10/y1pgshsin0wqiuxfwnwxqzewwidoezl7z4eqzs8vcbql94h6-bivzm1ya2cavbgusrbr2m6-c4m_qu.jpg) ![http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2008/10/jamaican.jpg](http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2008/10/jamaican.jpg) ![http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2008/10/kwanza.jpg](http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2008/10/kwanza.jpg) Ethnic Barbie’s were made from the same molds as white Barbie’s. That was offensive too. I wonder when this one will come out? [http://ninawesterberg.com/BarbieRedesign.jpg](http://ninawesterberg.com/BarbieRedesign.jpg)