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March 10, 2010

Law of Supply and Demand Suspected of Racism

Posted by Van Helsing at March 10, 2010 7:41 AM

Not only does Walmart refuse to let unions drive its prices through the ceiling, it's also racist — or is it the law of supply and demand that's racist?

Walmart is raising eyebrows after cutting the price of a black Barbie doll to nearly half of that of the doll's white counterpart at one store and possibly others.

A photo first posted to the humor Web site FunnyJunk.com and later to the Latino Web site Guanabee.com shows packages of Mattel's Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina Theresa dolls hanging side by side at an unidentified store. The Theresa dolls, which feature brown skin and dark hair, are marked as being on sale at $3.00. The Barbies to the right of the Theresa dolls, meanwhile, retain their original price of $5.93. The dolls look identical aside from their color. …

A Walmart spokeswoman, who could not verify the exact store shown in the photo, said that the price change on the Theresa doll was part of the chain's efforts to clear shelf space for its new spring inventory.

Could it be that with only 12% of the population being black, there is less demand for black dolls? Or is Walmart a secret subsidiary of the KKK, as the MSM's raised eyebrows seem to imply?

Too bad for Walmart that it gets no credit for lowering prices for a less affluent demographic — in contrast to what it's been accused of in the past:

Local 6 news in Central Florida is accusing Walmart of setting their prices for sugar and other "staples" by demographic — charging more in stores where the population isn't as wealthy as other neighborhoods.

Moonbats offended that black Barbies aren't expensive enough can take solace from the $149.99 tag on this product:

See if you can hold out awhile; the way Hopey Change is panning out, the price might soon come down to free.

On tips from TED, Wiggins, Mega, Nancz, Jeff F, and Lyle.