From 'Barbie' to the long-time controversy over ... giving themselves what they needed at that age.” Providing Black girls ...

According to the documentary, the first Black Barbie doll became a symbol of power and continues to be a beacon of hope for young Black girls. Black Barbie: A Documentary is streaming on Netflix.

But when asked which doll is Barbie, the girls invariably point to a blonde ... day,” says a mom in one of the focus groups. “If a black woman or a redheaded woman or a heavyset woman had ...

As part of AAPI Heritage Month, the Barbie Dream Gap Project will donate to one of Sui’s favorite charities, APEX for Youth, which serves Asian and immigrant kids from low-income families with ...

Her box read: “She’s black! She’s beautiful ... “My whole philosophy of Barbie was that through the doll, the little girl could be anything she wanted to be,” Ruth wrote in her 1994 ...

Ken: Hiya, Barbie ... advocates have criticized the doll for her proportions, which they say set unrealistic and damaging body expectations for young girls. In response, her maker, Mattel ...

Barbie and Virgin Atlantic’s new collaboration aims to shed light on male-dominated careers for young girls. Once upon a time, Barbie was a thin, white plastic doll with cascading blonde hair ...

Credit: Mashable The fantasy world of Barbie dolls just got more high-tech ... an electrical engineer and founder of Black Girls Code, a nonprofit educational organization that's received a ...