Ethnic Commodity- Trash Talker Dolls

http://albino-rhino.com/TrashTalkers/TrashTalkDetail.html - Trash Talkers to buy

http://www.redhotcurry.com/views/trash_talker.htm - article on Trash Talker dolls

I have selected Trash talker dolls. These dolls are manufactured by JDK an American toy manufacturer and are aimed at the over 14s. However these dolls are marketed as being politically incorrect and offensive but 'outrageously funny' and a 'great gift' . They play on ethnic stereotypes to offend people and to cause people to buy them for their 'humour '. I personally find these dolls offensive and i agree with the linked article that they are basically playing on racist views and that the people that are buying them would have to be racist/ prejudice to find these dolls amusing.
The fact that these dolls have sold so well suggests that America and Europe still is plagued by rasicm and predujices. By the company adding that they are a big seller in the Gay community suggests to me that they are trying to give the people that find them offensive a particular group to be angry with, as personally i can see no reason to why these dolls would appeal more to this group or how the company would really know that they do. They are attempting to create attention negative or postive to sell their products.