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Racist Barbie?

Written by:  Jamie

2610809 The Dolls of the World Collection has been around since 1980.  However, this week it has been receiving a lot of attention for playing up cultural stereotypes.

They must have missed Amazonia Barbie in 2009:

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It seems Mattel’s 2012 “Mexico Barbie Doll”  has been criticized for being offensive because the doll comes with a pink passport and Chihuahua:

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Critics are claiming that the passport is touching on immigration issues. However, every doll from their new design concept comes with a passport and carries an animal Mattel feels represents the country.

‘Racist’ is being used a lot to describe these dolls. Racist? I’m not sure if I would go that far. They look cheap and poorly designed.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mattel seemed to have much higher quality dolls offered in the collection:

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Ghanaian Barbie from the late 1990s

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Peruvian baby-wearing Barbie, 1999

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Northwest Coast Native American Barbie, 2000

 

What do you think? Is this collection of Barbie Dolls crude and offensive to cultures around the world? Or, is this just a nice way to let children have fun without being educational/culturally accurate?

 

Apr 13, 2013Jamie
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