Can Black dolls help Black children better understand their racial identity? Matel by Toni Sturdivant, Texas A&M University-Commerce When Mattel announced in January 2022 that it was releasing a new Barbie doll to honor Ida B. Wells – the famed 19th-century Black journalist and anti-lynching crusader – the company said the idea was to “inspire … Continued

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