It’s a sign that even kids as young as 6 or 7 are already conditioned for a particular silhouette ... and Barbie the other day,” says a mom in one of the focus groups. “If a black woman ...

As a result, Mattel hired her, and she became the first Black designer for Barbie in 1976. Before Kitty Perkins’ doll surfaced in stores, there was no other colored doll that depicted Black ...

After the Barbie Instagram account posted a photo of a black Barbie doll with hair that’s seemingly a half-done sew-in, people have been very vocal about whether the style is problematic or an ...

A black version of Barbie will go on sale in the UK for the first time in almost 30 years, in a move that beauty experts have put down to the Michelle Obama effect. A new range of black and mixed-race ...

Netflix’s 'Black Barbie' tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be — and the lasting impact she left behind Barbie dolls first hit the shelves in 1959 — but it would take more ...

In 1976, Mattel released Quick Curl Deluxe Cara and Cara Ballerina. Kitty Black Perkins, who had become Barbie's principal designer in 1978, was tasked with designing the first-ever Black Barbie.

To quote Ken, these lines are "sublime!" These are the first words uttered about Ken after we learn all about how fabulous and perfect Barbie’s life is. Then, after that, we see Ryan Gosling’s ...

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that v ...

It was these drawbacks that led Stuart Semple to create his own incredibly black paint. Over the years, he’s refined the formula and improved its performance, steadily building a greater product ...

October 6, 2024 • This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Dr. Louis Moore, professor of History at Grand Valley State University ...

In 1967, Mattel introduced the first African American Barbie, but the moulds were the same as the original white dolls. In 1997, Mattel released a black Barbie in partnership with Oreo (she held ...

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