Playmobil denies racist puppet

sacramento - He has dark skin , dark hair and around his neck hangs a collar as slaves used to wear . Playmobil made ​​a doll that way and promptly complained a mother from Sacramento in California at the company that it was racist . German toy manufacturer defended himself by saying that it is a pirate who was once a slave.

The mother took the statement notifying but held against the American CBS insisted that the plastic male is racist. In the standing instructions of the pirate ship with devices attached slave band heard the neck of the dark doll.

Racist toys so, judging the mother. "Who looks at the picture on the box, clearly sees that the intended doll belongs to the crew and no prisoner", declared Playmobil against the newspaper The Washington Post.