Even a sock toy has the power to stir up an entire state or so it seems, with accusations of racism being flung right and left. It all started out with Binkley toys manufacturing a sock toy and labeling it as Obama. Binkley toys was contracted to mass-produce the sock toy and has now found itself in mire that seems to be getting deeper by the minute. The toy in question is black and has been labeled as Obama, fine; I can understand why it may seem offensive to many.

But this is the age of advancement and knowledge; as such, it is time we all started to act according to the age, not our age, but the time itself. Gone are the days when we had to cry bloody murder over the smallest thing and end up making a mountain of a molehill. The premise for objection to this toy in particular is sound and Binkley toys has come out assuring all that it will no longer manufacture this toy and has rendered an apology. The matter should rest there but it seems that this issue is being dredged up every now and then to serve a persons self interest’s rather than the issue at hand. One can even say that this issue is being used as a sort of a political platform, to what ends, one can only guess.

This view may seem a bit cynical but given all that the current politicians are capable of, one should not be surprised to hear this issue dominating the airwaves for days to come ahead. All aside, Binkley toys may find itself facing a bigger problem soon as it has breached the contract with ‘The sock Obama’, the contractor for this sock. The Obama sock has already been labeled as “pure racism in its extreme” by Jeanetta Williams, president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. I do wonder what the current political establishment has to say about all this? Would action of any kind be taken against Biknley toys and its contractor? Let us hope so.