If you are black, hispanic, E. Indian, african, etc. and have a little girl do you find it necessary to buy ONLY ethnic looking dolls for them? I'm black and my 3 yo daughter is half black and half E. Indian so her color looks like a black girl. I grew up playing with black, white and brownish colored dolls and had no problem with it. To me a doll is a doll and that's how I think little girls see it too. However, my husband who is black thinks she absolutely HAS TO HAVE a black doll. We had an argument in the middle of Toys 'R Us on Saturday because they had ALL white dolls and NO black dolls. And to my embarassment he even got a stock guy to get up on a latter to look on the top shelves for a black doll. She has 2 or 3 black dolls & 1 white one which she picked out herself so it's not like she even cares to find one that looks remotely close to her. I don't give a flying fig what color she gets but he seems to think she'll suffer some identity crisis if she plays with white ones.
2006-12-18
02:05:55
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october g
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Toddler & Preschooler