"Black Barbie was in the background of my childhood," explained Ameirah Saafir, Ph.D., an adolescent studies professor and commentator in the film, as reported by the Fullerton Observer.

Mattel's latest Barbieland Fashionistas are the stylish likenesses of a blind Barbie and her a mobility aid, and the line's first Black Barbie with Down syndrome, adding even more representative ...