Have you ever walked into the toy section to where the dolls are located? Do you notice anything? Noticed that majority of the dolls are "white" and a couple of the dolls are "black". There are hardly any dolls that are Asian, or hispanic or Indian or any other kind of race? Know why is that? We live in a world where there is a diversity of people of different ethnics, shade, sizes and so on, so why is it that the only two kinds of dolls for sale or either black or white. Growing up, I don't think there were very many different shades of dolls available and there is still not very many today. Myself being Asian, I wonder why there isn't any Asian dolls for my kid to play with. Not that I really care, but why is there not? It's not a Black and White world, it's a melting pot of many different cultures.
Look here I found from targets website...
Cabbage Patch Kids Preemie Dolls - Caucasian
Circo® My First Baby Doll - African American (12")
Hasbro Baby Alive Hispanic Doll
Don't you think these names are a little offensive? I was going to go into the store and take pictures of the dolls and post it up in here but I don't think that the stores allow you to take pictures. I wanted to show the amount of dolls from different ethnic backgrounds.
Myself being Asian, this is coming from my point of view. Check out this video pertaining why Asians are overlooked and how this kinda fits into what I am talking about.
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