PHOTO: The New African-American Barbie

By Kanyi Okeke Published February 21, 2013

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I came across an interesting article on MSN this evening about the “supposed” new African-American Barbie doll. And exactly what made it so interesting? Well…

This Barbie has:

• Long blonde hair;

• Is wearing a long gold chain around her neck;

• Has two (one on each arm) bags monogrammed with what appears to resemble the Louis Vuitton logos; and

• Has quite a bit of cleavage showing.

My question (and concern) is what are we teaching our young girls if we give them dolls like this to play with?

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