Gregory M. Ledet

One thing that I hate on this Earth is when people get all bent out of shape over something and they have absolutely no idea what the hell they are talking about.  I’ll give you an example…

Back in 1999 a white gentleman by the name of David Howard used the word “niggardly” in reference to the budget in Washington, DC.  Niggardly is an adjective meaning “stingy” or “miserly” and Mr. Howard used the term correctly, but that didn’t stop some uneducated idiot from filing a complaint because he thought that it was a racial slur.  Does it matter that there’s no way to really use the word “niggardly” and the word “nigger” interchangeably in the same sentence?  Nope!  It only matters that the words sound similar and that’s enough to have caused this man to be forced to resign his position.

Today there’s a very similar situation going on.  According to a story from ABC News, there’s a controversy brewing because a Walmart put a “black” Barbie doll on clearance and left the “white” Barbie doll at full price.  According to Thelma Dye, the executive director of the Northside Center for Child Development, “The implication of the lowering of the price is that’s devaluing the black doll”.  Besides the fact that this woman is a complete idiot, that’s not the best part of this whole story.  The doll in question, Ballerina Teresa, ISN’T EVEN THE “BLACK” DOLL!  Ballerina Christie is the “black” doll and Teresa is the “latino” doll.  These people are raising a stink over shit and they have NO idea what the fuck they are talking about.

A wise man once said “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than speak out and remove all doubt”.  Maybe these people should follow that little bit of advise, because they are really making themselves to look like fools.  In my opinion, there’s nothing more racist than people that claim they are for equality when actually they are the most racist people of all.  In this case, that doll wasn’t selling as well as the other one.  They put it on clearance to sell them and make room for inventory that was going to sell.  Walmart wasn’t implying that any ethnicity is any less valuable that any other, they were simply trying to move merchandise.  Get over it people, I mean, really…