Hip Hop Toyline.. Getting Them While They're Young

Just what young black children need... a HIP HOP toy line.( From crunktastical.com). "With Baby Jamz, we're going after that hip-hop mom." Let us all hope that this hip hop toy line and accompanying CD collection stresses that the letter "Z" generally does not indicate the plural form of a word. This wonderful idea is being brought to you by Beyonce's daddy . You know the former IBM executive. I hope this is not yet another case of rich black folks taking advantage of the huddled masses. AGAIN. We'll reserve judgment, but we might have to march on Toys- R-Us.

Knowles pointed to a lack of children's toys that reflect urban society as the main impetus. "There is a real opportunity for us to make a benchmark here, with Planet Toys making the toys and Music World making the music," Knowles said.YahooNews

MY PEOPLE. MY People! Am I the ONLY person that sees anything wrong with a toy that reflects urban society? Just what exactly IS urban society?

Comments

[Bronzetrinity]

I'll hold off judgement till I see the toys. I think it would be nice to have another popular toy line for people of colour because its important that our kids have dolls that look like them and reflect Black culture. I think it would be better for some kids than playing with Disney princesses. I'm not against all of hip hop culture.

[g-e-m2001]

I said I would hold off judgment. I'm just not hopeful. It sounds like its going to be musical instruments with CDs to go along