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Am I Wrong For Buying My Daughter This??

Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:33 PM by LDSMOMMIE84
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Okay I most def dont want this turning into a Race Post, but I have a question that I actually already know the answer to I am just trying to find out how many others out there agree with me I guess lol....

Okay so yes I am "white" as is my family...As I am sure you can tell by my Profile Pic...Anyway so Christmas is coming and My daughter Charity is really into dolls, and I wanted to get her a Cabbage Patch Doll, so we were looking at the dolls and I found one I really liked and bought it for her , and I know she will like it too...So I was showing my sister what I bought the Kids for Christmas and When I got to what I bought Charity and the Cabbage Patch Doll my sisters first reaction was..." Why Did You Buy Her a Black Doll?"

I really didnt think it mattered what the "Color" of the doll was, I just picked it because it was the cutest one there I thought...It Is one of those 25th Anniversery Ones and it was the Only one left in that certain outfit and that had a Binki like my daughter wanted? My sister said it was weird that i would buy it for her since my daughter is not "black" ?? and that it would offend others that were black if they saw her carrying it around??

So my question is, Would it seriously Offend anyone black or white to see a white girl carrying a black baby doll or vise versa a black girl carrying a white doll??

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	by ahawes on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:34 PM IT WOULD NOT BOTHER ME AT ALL.
	by tfmmpmmdmmom on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM It doesn't matter what color the doll is, a doll is a doll. She can loves a black doll just as much as a white doll. I don't think it's wrong at all. She'll love it.
	by mandjlong on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM your fine! my daughter has one to....and wouldnt it be raciest to say only white kids can have white dolls!
	by ILuvMyBoys07 on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM No, it isn't wrong. To NOT buy them a black doll, JUST because it's a black doll. THAT would be wrong. You should teach your children to see beyond the color of ones skin.
	by daylens_mommy on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM nope! i dont see any problem with it at all. good for you! my son is actually half black and i would do the same for him to. (if he likes dolls) but i think its great for you to open that up for your daughter. kids dont see color anyways. i bet shes gonna love it
	by aplessner on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM wouldn't offend me at all....my dd had different "races" of dolls when she was younger.
	by missamanda86 on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM I dont think you are wrong. And IMO you are showing your DD that you can have other races, colors, etc of people, and it not be a bad thing
	by FORCEOFGRAVITY on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM I see children of either race in DD's preschool class playing with the white and the african american dolls. Doesn't bug me one bit.
	by GreenMtGirl on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:36 PM My children had dolls of a wide variety of ethnicity and race... whats the big deal?
	by NicoleLiam on Dec. 4, 2008 at 3:36 PM I found nothing wrong with it! It woulb be like saying because she is a girl that she can''t have a doll that is a boy! The mother of one baby boy, named Liam