Personal Preference

During today’s class we talked a lot about the evolution of slavery and how it has impacted society. An example brought up by a fellow classmate was the limited selection of black baby and Barbie dolls. Although I am white, when I was younger I liked having the black Barbie dolls because I thought the white ones were ugly. I would tell my mom they had too much makeup on and did not look normal. I remember having a hard time finding black dolls. It is unfortunate that the African-American population is underrepresented in the realm of toys. In my opinion it makes our toy industry come across as inconsiderate to their public population.

We also talked a lot about allowing the media to raise today’s children. I found the video, A Girl like Me, to be really sad. It amazes me how influential small children are, and how much their environment impacts them without the older generation realizing.

I found the Princess Boy to a good example of a parent who did not pressure their child with society’s expectations. I think it’s amazing that his mother wrote a book and is out advocating for children to be able to be themselves, like what they want, and wear what they would like to.