Mother furious over 'racist' Playmobil pirate ship toy that comes with a black character wearing a SLAVE COLLAR, A dark-skinned toy central a Playmobil charlatan address has acquired an uproar for characteristics that arise to resemble to a slave.
The baby appears to accept a bandage about its neck, is barefoot and is cutting decrepit clothing.
Playmobil says the toy depicts a charlatan who was aforetime a slave.
But Ida Lockett, a mother from Sacramento, said the toy is acutely a slave.Lockett told KOVR-TV Channel 13 her 5-year-old son accustomed the toy with a Playmobil charlatan address for his birthday. After alive on putting the address together, the mother fabricated a amazing discovery. The toy came with a bandage forth with instructions on how to abode it about its neck. The address included a dungeon.
“You cannot accept this specific accent and alarm it annihilation else,” she told the Sacramento account station. “The actuality that you can Google it, attending it up, say what it is — it’s a bondservant collar.”
Lockett said the ship, which can retail for as abundant as $89.99, was abhorrent and aboveboard racist.
Aimee Norman, the boy’s aunt, wrote to Playmobil, adage she purchased the toy because it had a atramentous character, but was ashamed to ascertain the toy resembled a slave.
“Selling children's toys that are evocative of bullwork in play is obscene, even added so accustomed the apparent absence of assortment in your absolute toy line,” she wrote on Facebook. “#Slavery.is.not.a.game.Playmobil.”
Playmobil says the playset was advised to characterize activity on a 17th aeon charlatan address at sea.
“If you attending at the box, you can see that the charlatan amount is acutely a aggregation affiliate on the charlatan address and not a captive,” Playmobil said in a statement. “The amount was meant to represent a charlatan who was a above bondservant in a actual context. It was not our ambition to affront anyone in anyway.”
The baby appears to accept a bandage about its neck, is barefoot and is cutting decrepit clothing.
Playmobil says the toy depicts a charlatan who was aforetime a slave.
But Ida Lockett, a mother from Sacramento, said the toy is acutely a slave.Lockett told KOVR-TV Channel 13 her 5-year-old son accustomed the toy with a Playmobil charlatan address for his birthday. After alive on putting the address together, the mother fabricated a amazing discovery. The toy came with a bandage forth with instructions on how to abode it about its neck. The address included a dungeon.
“You cannot accept this specific accent and alarm it annihilation else,” she told the Sacramento account station. “The actuality that you can Google it, attending it up, say what it is — it’s a bondservant collar.”
Lockett said the ship, which can retail for as abundant as $89.99, was abhorrent and aboveboard racist.
Aimee Norman, the boy’s aunt, wrote to Playmobil, adage she purchased the toy because it had a atramentous character, but was ashamed to ascertain the toy resembled a slave.
“Selling children's toys that are evocative of bullwork in play is obscene, even added so accustomed the apparent absence of assortment in your absolute toy line,” she wrote on Facebook. “#Slavery.is.not.a.game.Playmobil.”
Playmobil says the playset was advised to characterize activity on a 17th aeon charlatan address at sea.
“If you attending at the box, you can see that the charlatan amount is acutely a aggregation affiliate on the charlatan address and not a captive,” Playmobil said in a statement. “The amount was meant to represent a charlatan who was a above bondservant in a actual context. It was not our ambition to affront anyone in anyway.”
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