Barbie has released a new black Barbie game. The African-American Barbie dolls have three different versions all with different skin tones. There are light skinned Barbie games and dark skinned Barbie games and one in between. While many African Americans are satisfied with the new dolls and even excited that they are present on the market, there are still some concerns about the new Barbies. In particular, the black Barbie games still have long straight hair.
While there are some African Americans who have long straight hair, the complaint has been that the images presented by the new black Barbies is one of a regular Barbie with darker skin tone and hair. The African-American community would be more satisfied if the dolls had more authentic hair with perhaps braids, shorter styles or an Afro. But overall, it’s definitely a positive thing that the Barbies games are moving into more ethnic directions. I’m glad that the dolls are looking more like true ethnic beauties. Now, if only Barbie would embrace the other cultures present in our societies to be inclusive of everyone.
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