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Consumer Alert
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT: TrashTalkers
When you bash these dolls on the head “they let out one of five hilarious trashy comments.” That’s according to stateside distributor JDK Products; the products are made by German company Perleberg. But there is really nothing too funny about these dolls, which include caricatures of an Indian man, a Chinese man, a black pimp, a Jewish woman, two gay men and a ‘white trash’ man who says things like “Meet my sister, uh … I mean my wife.”
The Asian dolls are especially offensive, with the Indian man, Mr. Patel — who sports a bushy moustache, white turban and red bindi — saying things like “In my country, we would have killed you already,” and the oversexed Chinese man, Lee Chan Li — complete with dragon-imprinted outfit — saying “Ohhhh, me stay hard long time.”
In a recent India Abroad article, the head of JDK Frank Makan said that the dolls are for adults, not kids and that “Political correctness has gotten out of hand … you’ve got to laugh, especially with terrorism and the economy on our minds.”
Vivek Mittal of the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action said, “These dolls are highly offensive, not only to desis, but for those whose experience with stereotypes has more often than not been associated with violence, not laughter.”
See how funny you think it is at www.prankplace.com. Contact the company distributing the dolls to tell them what you think: customerservice@prankplace.com.
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