The American Girl doll, a beloved icon in the toy industry, has been capturing the hearts of children and collectors alike ...

I got my first American Girl doll when I was four years old. My grandma had gifted me a Josefina Montoya doll for Hanukkah. I ...

From Barbie to American Girl to Bratz, play through the use of dolls ... people are re-parenting themselves and giving themselves what they needed at that age.” Providing Black girls with dolls that ...

In the American Girl Historical Characters line, for which the company is probably best known, there is only one Mexican American doll, three Black dolls, one Native American doll and one Native ...

American Girl offers a range of well-designed ... conventions—ascribing a specific race or ethnicity to dolls with stereotypically “African-American,” “Asian,” or “Hispanic” physical ...

As a young girl, Zoe Oli of Atlanta struggled with her ... Heartbroken, Zoe’s mom, Evana Oli, bought a Black doll, hoping it would help her daughter feel better about herself.

A Doll Like Me is a non-profit organization run by a woman named Amy. She creates unique dolls for unique children, who can ...

“As a Barbie doll designer for more than 10 years, I want African-American girls to know that dolls can represent their career aspirations, hobbies and ethnic backgrounds. Barbie inspired me to ...

As the doll begins to belt out the girl-power anthem “Let It Go ... in the focus groups I watched were middle class and African American or Hispanic.) “She’s cute thick,” offers ...

Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American girl who ... up all having dolls with blonde hair ...

Peruse any streamer for Black horror films on Halloween (or any time of the year), and you might notice a good stretch of hit ...