Barbie's Racial Justice Dolls Continue Path Toward Representation
Mattel's Barbies continue their journey toward proper cultural representation with the addition of racial justice dolls to its collection.
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Mattel's Barbies continue their journey toward proper cultural representation with the addition of racial justice dolls to its collection.
Barbie can be anyone: a girl with Down's syndrome, a judge, and an Indian with jhumkas and bangles. Since the doll debuted at the New York Toy Fair in 1959, she has donned many avatars, most recently keeping diversity and inclusion in mind
Styled by wardrobe expert, Ryan Christopher, Evans and Jaylynn stunned in all Black floor-length gowns that hugged the women's curves to perfection.
Mattel has had a long journey creating culturally relevant Black Barbie dolls that children can be proud to play with.
Thanks in part to its efforts to culturally diversify its doll collections, Mattel — which debuted Barbie in 1959 — started to create Black Barbies in 1980. And the number of Black Barbie dolls nowadays is staggering. It has not always been this way.