Another replied, pointing out that she isn’t “merely a Barbie in a wheelchair,” but is a black Barbie ... collections’ traditional straight, blonde hair were excited that the new doll ...

Rather than the long, straight blond tresses and pastel-colored fashions of the traditional white Barbie, the brown-skinned beauty rocked short, curly black hair and a glittering red dress ...

But thanks in part to its efforts to culturally diversify its doll collections, Mattel — which debuted Barbie in 1959 — started to create Black Barbies ... and dead-straight hair that was ...

NEW YORK — Mattel has launched a new line of black Barbie dolls with fuller lips ... But some black women say the dolls with long straight hair are not “black enough” and do not address ...

"I love the black Barbie. It's about time," Jua Simpson said on CNN's iReport, a user-generated news community. "But the hair is still a step backwards, since most of our hair is not straight and ...

Mattel has launched a new line of black Barbie dolls with fuller lips, a wider nose and more pronounced cheek bones - a far cry from Christie, Barbie's black friend who debuted in the 1960s and ...

Mattel has launched a new line of black Barbie dolls with fuller lips, a wider nose and more pronounced cheek bones _ a far cry from Christie, Barbie's black friend who debuted in the 1960s and ...