The dolls also featured the same exact design as Barbie, just in a darker skin tone — not providing an accurate depiction of a Black woman and her features. It wasn’t until 1980 that the first ...

After Mattel‘s culture sweeping debut of Barbie in 1959, it took nearly 17 years for the brand to come out with a version of the collectible doll that represented more than one type of skin color.

She and team members from hair design, sculpting, face painting and engineering discussed the doll’s skin tone and decided to give Black Barbie more voluptuous lips, a fuller nose and a curvier ...

unlike the other Black dolls from the company that either had a different name or the same design as Barbie just with a darker skin tone. Perkins, who arrived at Mattel in 1976 and then became ...

Amirah Kambe’s research reinforces the idea that representation impacts children’s confidence, mental health and well-being.

With richly brown skin and a cutely curly coif ... 75. “I wanted my Black Barbie doll to look more like me.” And for an added dash of fabulousness, the creative also pulled style inspiration ...

Produced by Shonda Rhimes, the documentary focuses on how Mattel received criticism for making dolls with fair skin tones, leading Perkins to launch the first Black Barbie doll in 1980.

Protect her at all costs! Memorable Dialogue: Black Barbie cites a study that showed how children relate positive and negative attributes to dolls based on their skin color, with Black dolls ...

The doll's anniversary look pays tribute to its original design created by Kitty Black Perkins. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie, Mattel has released a special edition ...

Mattel also introduced another new doll, a Black Barbie who is the second to have ... a wide variety of shapes and sizes, with plenty of skin tones, hair colors and types, eye colors and shapes ...