why was the first barbie white????

Answer 1

The previous answer is correct Barbie's creator named the doll after her daughter Barbara. Barbie was also based on a German doll and comic strip character.....all three inspirations were white.

Answer 2

The time period that Barbie came out should answer your question. Also Barbie was probably white because she was named after a real female.

Answer 3

Because at the time it was made, corporate america was focused on white children. This was in the 50's, when a person of color would never be considered an appropriate role model for beauty.
Instead of worrying about the past indiscretions of others, focus on changing the now. We have come a long way, but have further to go

Answer 4

Probably because Mattel only thought of the mass population when they first started making Barbies. The consciousness was not quite there back in the sixties!

Answer 5

Probably because it was invented by a white woman which would also explain why barbie came before ken

Answer 6

Because the woman who invented Barbie modeled it after her daughter, or something like that. And they were white.

Answer 7

Ruth Handler developed the doll after noticing her daughter, Barbara, creating imaginative teenage and adult lives for her paper dolls. Paper dolls were usually white. Barbie was not made after a real person.

Answer 8

THE MAIN ANSWER, LOOK AT WHEN THE FIRST BARBIE DOLL CAME OUT. AND THE CREATOR WAS A MOTHER MAKING AFTER HER DAUGHTER. WHAT ABOUT OTHER RACES?. BY THE WAY< WHAT WAS BARBIE's FULL NAME.

Answer 9

The creator of Barbie was probably white so obviously they just thought to make it white. I don't think it was meant to be anything racial.

Answer 10

Apparently it was for the designer's daughter, named Barbie. Therefore, I would assume she was white. My mom had one. But she had dark brown hair, not blonde. She also looked very mean.