Is ebay being politically correct or?

[sandmansales]

Listing a Barbie doll for my daughter and came across this. Think maybe they left a group out.  A pretty large group at that.

[emerald40]

After putting in Barbie doll, what did you click to the left to get that?

I cannot seem to duplicate it.

[partial*eclipse]

It's not a listings search.  It's  in the "Item specifics" in the Advanced listing form.

[castlemagicmemories]

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Oh, my.  

[emerald40]

Went into advanced search typed in barbie doll and still not seeing that.

[moondogblues]

Maybe it's a 'seller' drop down, not one a buyer can access.

[partial*eclipse]

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@moondogblueswrote:
Maybe it's a 'seller' drop down, not one a buyer can access.

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It's on the listing form.  It's not about search results, it's about how a seller sets up the Item Specifics.  Aparently non-white "enthicity" is a feature.

[emerald40]

That would make more sense as to why as a buyer I cannot see it.

[pargran3]

Barbie dolls of the world offers ethnicity as a item specific, but sub-category of Barbie doesn't seem to be searches?

Now I am going to have to figure this out. Thanks! LOL

Radine

[pargran3]

I suppose if someone wants a Pacific Islander Barbie they could search the item specifics?

About what I think of the item specifics in most categories.  Pretty useless.

Radine

[emerald40]

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@pargran3wrote:

Barbie dolls of the world offers ethnicity as a item specific, but sub-category of Barbie doesn't seem to be searches?

Now I am going to have to figure this out. Thanks! LOL

Radine

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That would make sense as well that a white doll may not be listed as one of the top dolls in that category. so you would add it in to the space below

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[lookng2015]

They probably figure white Barbies aren't "ethnic"

[emerald40]

I found the link as a buyer.

Handful in each of those categories, but when you hit not specified all the white dolls from the european countries come up.

[*eponymous*]

More "inclusive" than "politically correct" unless it's "politically correct" to leave out ALL ethnicities other than White (which is a misnomer, at best, and laughable at worst...when mixed ethnicity is 90% or so of the world population).

[pjcdn2005]

It’s also a refinement that a buyer can pick in SOME cases.  If I search for Barbie, ethnicity doesn’t come up as a refinement.  If I search for Barbie African American 3700 come up in search and if I click on more refinements, ethnicity shows as an option.  But if i click on  the refinement African American, there are under 2300 listings found. I checked a few of those listings and the term was not used as an item specific so I don’t understand how they narrowed the search down from 3700.