WOMS202 Chapter 6: Reading Journal 6-"Ethnically Correct Dolls_ Toying with the Race Industry" - Elizabeth Chin
14 Mar 2018
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Bc there are no dolls that are fat, pregnant, or abused. New dolls were targeted to reshape a white dominated territory. Give examples: how do race , class, and gender shape the daily lives of girls and boys in newhallville. The braided heads of white dolls made a dent in the concreteness. Gender and sexuality are not inherently , predictably, or inevitably. Downtown area is where girls felt embattled and unwelcome. Their neighborhood was a sexually dangerous place. The children often thought the white dolls looked nice compared to. They make their barbies walk (but keep this hidden) Toys were dangerous to get and expensive. Toys can help minority kids feel more at home in the world. The way the dolls hair is braided is how kids challenge racial and. Children that play with dolls that look like them with not suffer from self-hatred class boundaries. Different colored dolls come with different brushes for their hair.
