When I was a child, our neighbours had a black doll. She sat on one of the shelves in their living room. I really died to play with her. I was not allowed to, neither the daughter of our neighbour. Someone brought the doll from abroad to her mom as a present, so it was very precious and special.
Couple of years ago, a friend brought a black doll from Brazil as a gift to my daughter. She was unsure if my daughter would accept her, as the doll was black, and my daughter is not. I didn't understand why this should have been a problem. And it indeed wasn't.
My daughter loves her doll, which lives with her other dolls (boy, girl, black, white, pink haired, asian looking) in peace.
I think children do not make any difference if a doll or a person is black or pink, or purple. I wish we adults would not think in these categories either.
As I was thinking about all these, I thought now it is time for a new super hero. This is the Super Lady. Her Super power is that you can try to cuddle her to death, she won't die. Millions of cuddles cannot destroy her!!!
She is beautiful! My son´s best friend in his first kindergarden was a black girl. When I told my mother, he said: but mum, she is not black, she is brown!! For him she was just tanned, but she was not in another category because of her skin.
AntwortenLöschenI recently discovered your blog and I am excited about the fantastic dolls you create. I love them!
Lots of regards from Wetzlar!
Thank you Susana! I am very happy you found my blog and my little dollies :)
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