As apart of celebrating their 30th anniversary, American Girl has decided to release a new doll. The doll will be named Melody and she will be apart of the Civil-Rights Era. Melody is a 9-year-old girl who lives in Detroit. She loves Motown music and singing.
Melody is not the first black doll. There’s Addy, Kaya and Josefina. This doll is pretty special tho being that she comes from the Civil-Rights era. Brit Bennett, who wrote “Addy Walker, American Girl,” released a statement about the legacy of black and white dolls and their where they fit in history. Bennet says,
“For seventeen years, Addy was the only black historical doll; she was the only nonwhite doll until 1998. If you were a white girl who wanted a historical doll who looked like you, you could imagine yourself in Samantha’s Victorian home or with Kirsten, weathering life on the prairie. If you were a black girl, you could only picture yourself as a runaway slave.”
Beautiful to see diversity showing up somewhere that will benefit our children!
Source: Jezebel
