Sunday, November 16, 2008

Representation

I have been looking for an Asian doll. On the shelves at our local Toys R Us, there are dozens of white dolls, a dozen black dolls, and even a few brown dolls. Asian doll count = 0. I thought we'd have at least one doll on the shelf for this coming holiday season? After all, there might be a few Asian people out there with $30 to spend on a doll.
A quick online search shows my options. If I don't want my doll to look like an alien or a raver, I can expect to spend $60-$90 for a well crafted representation. For any less than that, you get the same stock plastic molded face with slits for eyes. I'm not even going to get into the other idignancy of just how much porn comes up when one types the phrase "Asian doll" into the search bar. (Whole other issue.)

Or maybe we are such the Model Minority, that we aren't expected to complain.

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