Black Barbie: A New Look

While rushing to get ready for work this morning, I came across a fascinating segment on CTV Canada AM. Queen Cee customizes dolls to reflect the beauty and diversity of women of colour. Cee explained that she was frustrated by the lack of options available to her daughter in Canada. She decided to start collecting Mattel's 'So In Style' line of Barbie dolls because they came in a variety of skin tones. Cee customizes the dolls' hair to match the various textures girls and women of colour are more familiar with. Having one of Cee's dolls would have certainly helped me learn to braid my hair a lot earlier! I'm also glad to see that a few of the dolls proudly wear locs like me.

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