Wow. I never would have guessed how many of those children would prefer the white baby doll. I really felt sad when the interviewer asked the one, little one “which one looks like you?” and just after choosing the black doll as “the bad one” points to it. What does this all mean? I may be ignorant but in our neighborhood, we have all colors and I just don’t see a whole lot of difference. I don’t automatically judge someone’s personality on their color, do people still do that? I guess we’re isolated here or something because I don’t really get it. Maybe those children (who preferred the white baby) just see more white images or have more white friends than black? It is still kind of sad. I think there is a reason that some of the most beautiful people in the world are a mix of colors!
Wow. That was really hard to watch. So sad. 🙁
This is terribly depressing. What is it going to take. Seriously.
I also thought it was incredibly sad, especially the point where the little girl was asked which doll looks like her. Thanks for posting this, Pansy.
My family tends to think the black dolls are cuter (my family is white). My first barbie was in fact not a barbie but her friend Christie (from the early ’80s). Last summer my mom went to the toy store to buy a baby doll for my 2-year-old niece to play with at my parents’ and Mom chose a black baby doll (whom I have affectionately dubbed “Baby Oprah”). My niece loves her doll. The funny was when my SIL’s parents came to visit at Thanksgiving, “Granddad” did a double-take when he saw my niece carrying Baby Oprah around! Maybe it’s better my niece is growing up in the Philadelphia area instead of Cape Cod.
Wow. I never would have guessed how many of those children would prefer the white baby doll. I really felt sad when the interviewer asked the one, little one “which one looks like you?” and just after choosing the black doll as “the bad one” points to it. What does this all mean? I may be ignorant but in our neighborhood, we have all colors and I just don’t see a whole lot of difference. I don’t automatically judge someone’s personality on their color, do people still do that? I guess we’re isolated here or something because I don’t really get it. Maybe those children (who preferred the white baby) just see more white images or have more white friends than black? It is still kind of sad. I think there is a reason that some of the most beautiful people in the world are a mix of colors!
Wow. That was really hard to watch. So sad. 🙁
This is terribly depressing. What is it going to take. Seriously.
I also thought it was incredibly sad, especially the point where the little girl was asked which doll looks like her. Thanks for posting this, Pansy.
My family tends to think the black dolls are cuter (my family is white). My first barbie was in fact not a barbie but her friend Christie (from the early ’80s). Last summer my mom went to the toy store to buy a baby doll for my 2-year-old niece to play with at my parents’ and Mom chose a black baby doll (whom I have affectionately dubbed “Baby Oprah”). My niece loves her doll. The funny was when my SIL’s parents came to visit at Thanksgiving, “Granddad” did a double-take when he saw my niece carrying Baby Oprah around! Maybe it’s better my niece is growing up in the Philadelphia area instead of Cape Cod.