But Black Barbie wasn’t just a sales success for ... currently, there isn’t any AfricanAmericandoll line that receives its own commercial, that receives its own print ad and support, that ...
The Christie doll is widely considered the first true AfricanAmericandoll in the Barbie line. She was introduced in the midst of the civil rights movement, when critics chided Mattel for ...
Barbie is more than just a doll. The brand does $1 billion in ... women in the focus groups I watched were middle class and AfricanAmerican or Hispanic.) “She’s cute thick,” offers one ...
In 1967, Mattel introduced the first AfricanAmericanBarbie, but the moulds were the same as the original white dolls. In 1997, Mattel released a black Barbie in partnership with Oreo (she ...