The new Black Barbie
Posted by womenagerie on October 26, 2009
Because she was watching her daughter play with dolls that doesn’t look like her, Stacy McBride-Irby, an African-American, designed the Black Barbie so her daughter can play with dolls that look like her.
The new Black Barbie gets mixed reviews. It earned McBride-Irby some criticisms, but she also recieved my kudos.
Named Grace, Kara and Trichelle, the black Barbies have fuller lips, curlier hair and other features that the company says more accurately represent African-American women.
Some of the criticisms received was that the dolls were not black enough. Others also raised objections to the straight hairs, saying that most of their hair is “not straight and light brown.”
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