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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2013, 09:27:46 AM »
-1 I grew up in an all religious school and there was a black boy in my grade...
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2013, 09:33:23 AM »
-1 I grew up in an all religious school and there was a black boy in my grade...
I am going to guess most here went to religious schools. How about we add up all the black kids that went to the same school. I will start with myself, 3 brothers, two sister and four children. They would add up to a big ZERO. Who wants to be next?
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2013, 09:41:55 AM »
I am going to guess most here went to religious schools. How about we add up all the black kids that went to the same school. I will start with myself, 3 brothers, two sister and four children. They would add up to a big ZERO. Who wants to be next?

In Poland you don't have black families?   :o
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2013, 09:44:14 AM »
In Poland you don't have black families?   :o
Yes we do but not in Catholic schools.  ;)
This way we can pretend we are not racist.  :)
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2013, 09:48:47 AM »
I'm going to venture to say that this is actually  marketing to non-Caucasians, who want their kids to play with their own kind. 

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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2013, 09:53:13 AM »
I am going to guess most here went to religious schools. How about we add up all the black kids that went to the same school. I will start with myself, 3 brothers, two sister and four children. They would add up to a big ZERO. Who wants to be next?
Most here went to religious JEWISH schools, the reason why there would be few, if any, black kids in a Jewish school has less to do with racial profiling and more to do with the fact that there aren't that many black Jews...

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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2013, 10:00:40 AM »
Most here went to religious JEWISH schools, the reason why there would be few, if any, black kids in a Jewish school has less to do with racial profiling and more to do with the fact that there aren't that many black Jews...
I guess that would be the same reason when I grew up (change Jewish to Catholic).  ;)
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2013, 10:05:07 AM »
Well there almost was a black pope.
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2013, 11:21:08 AM »
I'm going to venture to say that this is actually  marketing to non-Caucasians, who want their kids to play with their own kind.
Viharaya- AA set is significantly more expensive than the Caucasian.
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2013, 12:04:13 PM »
Amazon consistently prices two identical products in different colors different from each other.
There two doll houses when I just checked, they are not even being sold by Amazon, they are being sold by a third party, a different party for each doll house as well...

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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2013, 01:47:06 PM »
Amazon consistently prices two identical products in different colors different from each other.
There two doll houses when I just checked, they are not even being sold by Amazon, they are being sold by a third party, a different party for each doll house as well...
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2013, 01:48:54 PM »
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But aren't brunettes cheaper than blondes and red heads on the real market too?

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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2013, 01:50:35 PM »
But aren't brunettes cheaper than blondes and red heads on the real market too?

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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2013, 04:34:45 PM »
But aren't brunettes cheaper than blondes and red heads on the real market too?
Not sure about cheaper than red heads but I can tell you for a fact that blondes cost more on the "real" market.

/Sorry no humor.
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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2013, 07:05:14 PM »
Not sure about cheaper than red heads but I can tell you for a fact that blondes cost more on the "real" market.

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Re: Is Amazon racist?
« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2013, 04:32:36 PM »
Not sure about cheaper than red heads but I can tell you for a fact that blondes cost more on the "real" market.
/Sorry no humor.
Apparently the African American Famly and dollhouse costs more on Amazon than the Caucasian one:
http://www.amazon.com/African-American-family-expensive-Caucasian/forum/Fx2PCVQVQZDQ3UU/Tx23AUX4GYIJRKG/1/ref=cm_cd_dp_aar_al_a?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B0077NCEX4

According to Amazon customer service:
"Items have different prices.These prices are set up by the manufacturers and their distributing companies directly, it depends entirely on the market, and since it's constantly fluctuating. I can see at this moment the Caucasian doll house has 33% discount. If you go to the site, you will see that its a different seller. We can not control the prices the sellers use for their items. The sellers for this item are different each seller has a different contract with the manufacturer, therefore they set up a different price in the item."
Need to click on rectangle in the link -
African American $92: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Loving-Family-Dollhouse-Caucasian/dp/B0077NCEX4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387747648&sr=8-1&keywords=Fisher-Price+Loving+Family+Dream+Dollhouse
Caucasian $75:  http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Loving-Family-Dollhouse-Caucasian/dp/B0077NCEX4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387747648&sr=8-1&keywords=Fisher-Price+Loving+Family+Dream+Dollhouse
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