Are black dolls considered beautiful today?
long glamorous hair you can easily comb, tint and set in different flowing styles? Do black dolls look attractive to the black or white children’s eye? Do black consumers grab black dolls off the shelf or do their children ask for Caucasian dolls with long hair and lovelier features? All questions to consider in today’s retail market, especially since holiday shopping is on us. When I was growing up, initially there weren’t any black dolls on the store shelves at all. I played with the same Caucasian dolls my Caucasian friends played with, and never thought twice about it. I never thought about the fact that the dolls didn’t look like me. I loved combing and brushing my doll’s long silky hair. My own hair was very coarse in texture and it was excruciating having my mother style it. I longed for long silky hair, just like my dolls, believing their image was beautiful. My mother happened to work at Mattel Toys and brought home one of the first produced black dolls for a Christmas present
