SAY WHAT? A BLACK BARBIE THAT AIN'T LIL' KIM??? Says Uni Q. Mical , Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 1:14 AM, in Labels: barbie, black, generation, kenya, lotion, mattel

Look what new good ass hair the wind blew in...ON A BLACK BARBIE. Several of 'em, in fact.


If I must take it back to '95, I recall getting a baby doll who was pretty similar in idea to this Mattel one named...uhhhh...KENYA?


The most exciting pieces about Kenya dolls were:

• there were three shades of her to choose from, if you were light, medium, or dark-skinned
• you could choose to keep her hair curly, or use a lotion to make it straight
• SHE WORE KINTE CLOTH. OUR ROOTS WERE FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED ON A DOLL.

Now, you have Mattel's ripoff ass thinking they're reeeeally making strides for Generation Z'ers, the generation we most have to worry about in the areas of music, fashion, television, and dilution of black culture altogether. These dolls have fuller lips, a wider nose, but have somehow maintained those green, hazel, and blue eyes. They even have "semi-ethnic" names like Kianna, Trichelle, and Janessa, and an AQUA CURL lotion, where little girls can straighten their hair. Much like Kenya dolls, they too come in different shades.

Aside from the fact that most of these dolls look EXACTLY like Tyra Banks, I guess I am overjoyed that I don't have to--as much--see these blonde biddies subconsciously damaging my little sistah's minds, having them scream "bad hair" and "bootyscratcher" before they lose their two front teeth. Or maybe the Aqua Curl will do that for them anyway.