andeventhis:enjoli:sexartandpolitics:
“Did Mattel intentionally produce a doll that embodied a well-known insult in the Black community? If they didn’t (and let’s just go with that theory), it means that no one at Mattel involved in the production of this doll had the cultural competence to notice the problem. This points to both (1) white privilege and the ease with which white people can be ignorant of non-white cultures and (2) a lack of diversity on the Mattel team. Less employee homogeneity might have saved Mattel both face and money in this instance. Diversity, then, is often good business.”
Sociological Images » White Privilege And The Trouble With Homogeneity: The Black Oreo Barbie
*sigh*
Face meet palm
Oy veysmir.
for fucks sake do these people never just think for a second
