eBay, the world online shop-where one can find anything, has banned the selling of "Django Unchained" dolls.
Django, starring Jamie Fox as a slave who has been separated from his wife and Leonardo DiCaprio as a slave owner, has been receiving favorable reviews, from both critics and audiences members, but has come under fire for several reasons:
The over usage of a certain derogatory word that refers to African-American slaves and the violence being too gruesome for some to bear.
One outspoken African-American, Spike Lee, went as far as stating that he would not see the film.
"All I'm going to say is it's disrespectful to my ancestors. That is just me...I'm not speaking on behalf of anybody else," said Lee to Vibe Magazine.
He later followed up on Twitter, "American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It Was A Holocaust. My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them [sic]"
Due to the heavy backlash, Weinstein Company (producer of the film) decided to discontinue the figurine dolls, and once that happened, they started popping up on eBay under the category of "rare and collectibles."
The bids started going up-and-up, E! reported that some dolls went as high as $2,000.
This forced ebay to take action.
[The] listings for the action figures were yanked because they violated the site's offensive-materials policy," said eBay, through a spokesman to Deadspin.
EBay's offensive-material policy states that "[Any] products that graphically portray graphic violence or victims of violence (cannot be sold) unless they have substantial social, artistic or political value."
Apparently, according to eBay, Django and the dolls do not fit into this category.
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