Mattel recently released a Game Developer Barbie in efforts to break gender stereotypes in the STEM industry; but one thing the toy company failed to do was feature the doll in different ethnicities. The only available option was a White doll with red hair. After noticing this while picking up a doll for his wife who is a Black game developer, Marcus Montgomery was prompted to come up with a solution of his own.
The doll, which was priced at $65, sold out within an hour.
Ava DuVernay, director of the seminal film, “Selma” (which will be distributed to every single high school in the country) and the first African American…
Karen Braithwaite (pictured), the Harlem Mother who began an online petition on Change.org earlier this month, requesting that toy manufacturer Mattel consider creating a Black…
Mattel has immortalized Janet Jackson for a good cause with a new Barbie doll.
