The Christie doll is widely considered the first true African American doll in the Barbie line. She was introduced in the midst of the civil rights movement, when critics chided Mattel for failing ...

In her debut documentary premiering at SXSW, Lagueria Davis examines the origins and implications of Black Barbie dolls ... of seeing a Black doll as an African American girl living in the ...

Inside the biggest change in barbie’s 57-year history–and what ... in the focus groups I watched were middle class and African American or Hispanic.) “She’s cute thick,” offers one ...

Barbie eventually blossomed in diversity, too, with the first African American Barbie announced in 1967 and the first disabled Barbie in a wheelchair coming out in 1997. Since her creation ...

Barbie’s Instagram is full of snapshots of her and her stylish friends doing things that any social media influencer would ...