Never let it be said that Wal-Mart doesn’t know how to pander for a fast buck. The megachain acknowledged today that it’s selling ethnic Barbie dolls for about half of what it charges for Caucasian Barbies.
The store was forced into the admission after a Louisiana-based shopper posted a photo, seen here, of the diverse dolls—and their respective pricetags—side by side in a Wal-Mart. As the good-humored Latino-interest blog Guanabee put it: “The same exact doll, in Caucasian, commands almost double the price! Who says Barbie dolls don’t supply young girls with a realistic portrayal of womanhood?”
For its part, the chain said it was selling the darker-skinned Ballerina Theresa Barbie dolls on the cheap because it needs to “clear shelf space for its new spring inventory.” Which must make Theresa feel oh, so special – Source
Sunday was a sad day for supercentenarians: Two of the 10 oldest people in the world died within a 24-hour span. “March 7, 2010, will go down in history as the first time two top-10 supercentenarians died on the same day,” said Robert Young, of the Gerontology Research Group. “This is a very elite group, the very top of the population pyramid.”
Mary Josephine Ray, certified by the research group as the oldest person living in the U.S. and the second oldest in the world, died early Sunday at a nursing home in Westmoreland, N.H. She was 114 years and 294 days old.
Hours later, Daisey Bailey, the oldest living black person in the world and the fifth oldest person in the world, died at 10:03 p.m. in Detroit, Young said. Born March 30, 1896, in Tennessee, she was 113 years and 342 days old, Young said. The gerontology group certified her age using two Censuses, but her family believes she was born on the same day one year earlier, he added – Read full article…
Born March 30, 1896, in Tennessee, Daisey Bailey was the oldest living black person in the world. She died in Detroit on Sunday.
Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn said Monday he is gay, ending days of speculation that began after his arrest last week for investigation of driving under the influence.
Ashburn, who consistently voted against gay rights measures during his 14 years in the state Legislature, came out in an interview with KERN radio in Bakersfield, the area he represents. Ashburn said he felt compelled to address rumors that he had visited a gay nightclub near the Capitol before his DUI arrest.
“I am gay … those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long,” Ashburn told conservative talk show host Inga Barks – Read full article…
He may not have superpowers, but, you’ve got to admit that Tony Stark has some awesome toys. He built three incredible suits in “Iron Man,” but by the looks of the brand-new trailer for this summer’s “Iron Man 2,” the technology in the sequel will top the first.
Star Robert Downey Jr. unveiled the trailer on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Sunday night after the Oscars, and it gives a better look at both a new villain and Tony’s latest high-tech armor in the next movie – Source
Jason Pierre-Paul is expected to be one of the first 10 picks in next month’s NFL draft. But if professional football doesn’t end up working out for the South Florida defensive end can always try his hand at gymnastics.
While at the NFL combine last weekend, Pierre-Paul boasted that he can do 23 back flips in a row. Video taken at a practice for last year’s International Bowl confirms that Pierre-Paul can indeed be as much like Mary Lou Retton as he can Dwight Freeney(notes):
Baylor’s super freshman Brittney Griner was ejected from a game against Texas Tech after she punched an opposing player in the face.
Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle fouled Griner with No. 14 Baylor up 55-39 with 9:01 remaining in the game Wednesday night. As the Tech player was moving away from Griner, the Lady Bears’ standout swung and landed a punch on Barncastle’s face.
The game was stopped for about 10 minutes as officials reviewed tape. A technical foul was called on Griner and she was ejected for a flagrant foul and another technical was called on another Baylor player, Morgan Medlock.
The Texas Tech bench also got a technical for going out onto the court after the punch was thrown.
Two Winnipeg teachers have reportedly been sent home without pay after performing a sexually suggestive dance at a high school pep rally for students. The dance was performed a week ago in front of roughly 100 students at Churchill High School as part of a dance competition.
A student filmed the performance on a cellphone and the video, entitled “Two teachers one chair,” quickly went viral. In the video, an adult female wearing pigtails beckons to an adult male. He grinds up against her, thrusting suggestively and sticking his head between her legs several times. Students hoot in the background.
After the National Finals Competition this past weekend in Atlanta wrapped, we got together to do our post-competition review and found a scoring discrepancy in the sorority results. After looking at it and looking at it AGAIN, we determined there isn’t a definitive resolution.
Sprite is all about preserving the honesty and integrity of this competition. Because the scoring discrepancy can’t be resolved and due to the really tight margin between the first and second place sorors, we feel that the only right thing to do is to name both Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Tau Chapter & Zeta Tau Alpha, Epsilon Chapter, co-first place winners of the Sprite Step Off.
With these revised results, we’re gonna increase Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Tau Chapter’s scholarship prize to $100K, consistent with what Zeta Tau Alpha also got for their first prize winnings.
We’re referring to an incident in Britain earlier this week. Hova is being accused by a local paper there of discrimination. The Daily Star is reporting that he refused to allow white people into his VIP area at Merah nightclub in London following his Best International Male Solo win at the BRIT Awards. The publication’s music reporter Kim Dawson writes:
“I’ve been to countless showbiz bashes but never have I met meat heads like those at the Jay-Z do (party). Jay-Z is a megastar and yet it was clear white people were not welcome in his VIP area.”
“While the red rope was lifted for black guests to breeze through, let’s just say it stayed down if your face didn’t fit. I have never felt so intimidated. It left me feeling like a mauled dog.” – Read full article…
Stepping, which is deeply rooted in the tradition of historically Black Fraternities, has moved into the mainstream. At the Sprite Step Off, a traditionally white sorority with all white members, Zeta Tau Alpha won the $100,000 prize. Bossip was in the audience and they agreed that Zeta Tau Alpha “brought it.”
This can be considered of another example of how Black culture becomes mainstream and becomes appropriated by Caucasian people and becomes a greater part of American culture as a whole. Judge for yourself, here is Zeta Tau Alpha, stepping along with videos of performances from the AKAs, Deltas and Alphas – Read full article…
University of Arkansas’ Epsilon Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha, a white sorority, bested 14 black sororities and fraternities in the “Sprite Step-Off Challenge,” taking home the contest’s $100,000 prize. Second place in the sorority division went to Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Tau Chapter from Indiana University and third place to Delta Sigma Theta’s Sigma Chapter from Clark Atlanta University – Source.
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