From Deseret News archives:
West Jordan pair will focus on McCain puppet
Elizabeth and David Lawson say they will instead be setting up a Web site to sell a Johnny McSock Politically Plush Toy, modeled after candidate John McCain. And they're planning a lineup of political characters, sans Obama.
TheSockObama dolls were pulled by contracted manufacturer Binkley Toys Inc. after a flood of critics had seen them as racist. No Obama dolls were shipped, and customers were issued refunds.
The racial undertones of depicting black Americans as monkeys dates back to Jim Crow when the comparison was used to frame blacks as inferior.
In a press release, Elizabeth and David Lawson said amid "less than favorable commentary" they're indefinitely suspending the Obama doll.
"It appears there are those still unable to see the very positive effect TheSockObama has actually had on the nation and beyond," the release said. "If nothing else, TheSockObama started a national debate about a myriad of considerations. Isn't freely communicating the first step in the right direction?"
Recent comments
Well, David and Liz are giving you what you wanted, all of you who...
Anonymous | June 26, 2008 at 1:18 a.m.
No. Depicting people of color as monkeys is verboten, period. It...
Interloper | June 25, 2008 at 7:05 p.m.
would have been to develop both at the same time. Otherwise they...
The smart thing | June 25, 2008 at 2:08 p.m.
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