But my babies are Black, and their hair does twisty acrobatics ... Who’s the real Barbie? Every single child points to the White Barbie. More than 40 years after Black Barbie’s debut, the ...

Up until this point, very few Black dolls were available for children, and at Mattel, Barbie had always been white with ... the body a little shapelier and, of course, the hair a little bit ...

At least that’s what the director of Netflix’s Black Barbie documentary (streaming ... In the 1960s and 1970s, critics felt Christie’s body reflected white “standards of beauty ...

Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black Barbie ... eye color, hair color and texture, body types, disabilities ...

blond white woman who had it all. Though the doll’s hair color may have occasionally varied, for decades, the classic Barbie epitomized a beauty standard most women, especially Black women ...

And so she did: “Black ... body proportions Barbie embodies.) Some of the Black women interviewed in the documentary recalled playing with White dolls — and trying to change their dolls ...

From her hair ... of Barbie herself: The doll who has everything, at least materially, can be had for $5.97 at Walmart. Barbie made her entrance into the world in a knit, black-and-white-striped ...

The inclusive world of Barbie ... shape, hair, fashion and glasses. Taylor Freeman, a young Black woman with Down syndrome, also joined the focus groups, helping to create the face and body ...

At least that's what the director of Netflix's Black Barbie documentary (streaming ... In the 1960s and 1970s, critics felt Christie's body reflected white "standards of beauty," according to ...