Barbie has released details about its next steps to staying inclusive with its dolls. The 63-year-old American toy manufacturer’s new dolls will include Barbie with hearing aids and a Ken with vitiligo — a condition in which the skin loses its pigment cells (melanocytes). The new editions will be launched in Target, Walmart, and Amazon […]
Barbie has announced they are immortalizing famed Black Journalist Ida B. Wells who worked hard to expose the horrors of lynching. The company’s latest addition to their “Inspiring Women” series features Wells with her hair piled atop her head and an 1800s style high neck black dress. Throughout her life, Wells dealt with violence, racism, […]
On Jan. 27, 2020 Mattel announced that they are releasing a new diverse line of Barbie Fashionistas. The company decided that they wanted to broaden the range of diversity by adding Barbies with no hair, one of the new Barbie dolls will have the skin condition vitiligo. Vitiligo is a condition that causes patches of […]