Originally posted by balletmom:
There will probably always be more caucasion dolls simply because of the dolls' consumer demographics. That's a shame IMO. Everyone would be much happier if we accepted diversity instead of trying to stiffle it.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't think anyone is trying to stiffle diversity. I think Mattel is doing a great job of introducing new dolls that cover a wide range of ethnicities, with their historical (Josefina, Kaya, Addy), the today (don't know the numbers), and the LE dolls (Marisol- although hispanic can be white or non-white race).

I would love to see an Asian doll, they are underrepresented, it will be hard for them to get the market without the dolls, but at the same time, it will hard to sell the dolls without the market. It's something AG needs to figure out.

As someone posted above, many girls only get one doll. I was lucky as a girl and had 3. Kirsten, Felicity and Addy. I was set to get Molly when Addy came out- she was to beautiful to pass up. I believe many young girls recognize the need to explore other cultures and to have dolls that represent them. Now as an adult, I would also like to increase the diversity of my collection. But the truth is with 1 doll, it is likely children will get one that they most closely identify with, and often that is of their own race. Right now, AGs customer base is mostly white- and they cater to them, but it doesn't seem to me that they are excluding anyone either.

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ October 13, 2005 10:53 AM: Message edited by: Skittl1321 ]</font>