http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/ethnic-barbie-beauty-sociological-images/ Reflections of a Human Sized World Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:16:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/ethnic-barbie-beauty-sociological-images/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Therese Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:37:18 +0000 http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/?p=92#comment-1113 Black - especially in the Americas - can mean any mix that has any bit of African ancestry. Yes, it's true she could be any of the backgrounds you've mentioned, I doubt she is full blood African (very few multi-generation blacks in the Americas are) but it is very possible she has some African mix in her. Who are we to define what is "black enough" or "not black enough"? Black – especially in the Americas – can mean any mix that has any bit of African ancestry. Yes, it’s true she could be any of the backgrounds you’ve mentioned, I doubt she is full blood African (very few multi-generation blacks in the Americas are) but it is very possible she has some African mix in her. Who are we to define what is “black enough” or “not black enough”?

]]> http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/ethnic-barbie-beauty-sociological-images/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 pierinna Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:22:26 +0000 http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/?p=92#comment-1110 Umm idk tht barbie doesnt look black i think she looks more hispanic unless shes a mulatto but not even...she has tht native brown color. She looks peruvian or colombian. But then again she could be indian Umm idk tht barbie doesnt look black i think she looks more hispanic unless shes a mulatto but not even…she has tht native brown color. She looks peruvian or colombian. But then again she could be indian

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