“If you don’t get to the store early during the holiday season, you probably won’t be able to find one.”
That’s what mother of four Tina Robinson told AtlantaBlackStar of her struggle to find dolls that looked like her girls.
The Philadelphia native recalls scouring the aisles of store after store to try to find her daughters an ethnic doll to put under the tree.
“Toys R Us and Lionel Kiddie City were usually good about having them, but that’s it,” she recounted. “By not having any Black dolls available for your child, I feel like that is telling them that white is preferred and only white is pretty, which isn’t the case.”
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