Comments on: Black Barbies http://charcoalink.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/black-barbies-and-music-videos/ An African Girl on Natural Hair, Magazines, Weight Loss, Mike & Bee, and Careers Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: wontstopbelievin http://charcoalink.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/black-barbies-and-music-videos/#comment-1039 wontstopbelievin Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:12:27 +0000 http://charcoalink.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/black-barbies-and-music-videos/#comment-1039 I understand where you're coming from. Really, I do because dolls are a huge part of shaping what a young girl will find beautiful. But there are two reasons for why Barbies are the way they are... 1. Black Barbies are sexual objects because white ones are too. Have you ever seen a Barbie that wasn't rail thin and didn't have big boobs? I think if Barbies were real, they would not be able to physically stand up because their boobs would be so big. This is a valid criticism since it is very disturbing what we force our daughters to find attractive. 2. From an economics standpoint, Mattel needs to put out a product that will sell. White Barbies were hugely successful, so they simply made Barbies for the Black market (sorry about the juxtaposition of those words) that were clones of the whites with a different skin tone. Culturally, it is a travesty, but Mattel isn't out to teach black girls about their heritage; they're just out to make a buck. And they need to provide a doll that Black girls will buy and that they can do everything that their white friends can do with their dolls. You can't exactly style a fro... I understand where you’re coming from. Really, I do because dolls are a huge part of shaping what a young girl will find beautiful. But there are two reasons for why Barbies are the way they are…

1. Black Barbies are sexual objects because white ones are too. Have you ever seen a Barbie that wasn’t rail thin and didn’t have big boobs? I think if Barbies were real, they would not be able to physically stand up because their boobs would be so big. This is a valid criticism since it is very disturbing what we force our daughters to find attractive.

2. From an economics standpoint, Mattel needs to put out a product that will sell. White Barbies were hugely successful, so they simply made Barbies for the Black market (sorry about the juxtaposition of those words) that were clones of the whites with a different skin tone. Culturally, it is a travesty, but Mattel isn’t out to teach black girls about their heritage; they’re just out to make a buck. And they need to provide a doll that Black girls will buy and that they can do everything that their white friends can do with their dolls. You can’t exactly style a fro…

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