Detroit Doll Show celebrates dolls of color 02:18 The Detroit Doll show is different from others, because it focuses on celebrating and promoting dolls of color. AJ Walker The Detroit Doll show is ...

It’s no secret that MGA Entertainment’s Bratz dolls, which are making a comeback, are the iconic girls with a “passion for fashion.” However, the brand’s newest Rainbow High doll line is just as cute, ...

Thanks to actresses such as Yara Shahidi and Amandla Stenberg, seeing young women of color on the small and big screen is more common than it used to be. When it comes to diversity in the toy world, ...

Girls of color are influenced by societal attitudes about race at a young age. More often than not, what contributes to this is that they have few options to see themselves represented by the very ...

To the left blonde, blue-eyed Barbie. There's a new girl on the block, err, aisle, and she's got thick, natural hair, a brown complexion and is dressed in traditional African garbs. In 2014, it was ...

Aniqua Wilkerson and Lion Brand Yarn Company created Skein Tones, a palette of 12 acrylic yarns in neutral shades of browns, creams and taupes, in hopes of making the fiber arts more inclusive As a ...

WELLESLEY, mass. — When Jennifer Pierre visits the toy store, she sees shelves of dolls that are mostly girls and mostly white. She wants to change that. Pierre, who is finishing a master’s degree in ...

It's the season of giving. But money is tight and prices are high and asking Minnesotans to give what they have to those who have less is a big request this year. Toy drives across the Twin Cities are ...

When Jennifer Pierre visits the toy store, she sees shelves of dolls that are mostly girls and mostly white. She wants to change that. Pierre, who grew up in Pompano Beach, is launching a new line of ...

American Girl is discontinuing more of its historical characters. And this time, the group on the block includes two of the company’s more diverse offerings, African American Cécile and Asian American ...

When Múkami Kinoti Kimotho’s daughter, Zara, was four years old, she began to question her looks. Getting ready for school, once a relaxing bonding moment for Kimotho and her daughter, became steeped ...

WELLESLEY, Massachusetts (AP) — A Massachusetts college student is launching a new line of dolls intended for boys of color. Jennifer Pierre started her toy company while she’s finishing a master’s in ...