Some have cheered the new dolls. Others jeered them, saying they're not black enough. "I love the black Barbie. It's about time," Jua Simpson said on CNN's iReport, a user-generated news community.

Netflix’s 'Black Barbie' tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be — and the lasting impact she left behind Barbie dolls first hit the shelves in 1959 — but it would take more ...

It’s a blue summery frock, cinched tightly at the waist with a black ... to Barbie at a young age expressed greater concern with being thin, compared with those exposed to other dolls.

Mattel's first Black Barbie with Down syndrome joins Mattel's existing Fashionista doll with Down Syndrome, first released in 2023. The two new dolls were designed in collaboration with the ...