Recently,
people have been in an uproar about a new Barbie that is set to hit the
market….maybe. I find NOTHING offensive
about the doll. It is merely a
reflection of the times. And isn’t that
what Barbie has always done…….given us a mirror unto our society? Black people
are banning together in protest of a doll calling it offensive….claiming that
it will poorly influence little girls…….stating that it puts a dim light on the
image of the black woman.
UMMMMMMMMMM…..have these same people STOPPED watching movies…..tuning
into TV shows……removed themselves from the internet? We have NO PROBLEM ooohing
and awing and women dressed just like the Barbie doll. Just a few days ago, LisaRaye McCoy posted a
picture of herself in an outfit very similar to that of the doll and MULTIPLE
women commented……”girl that is hot” “I
gotta get me one of those.” NOT ONE
COMMENT was in protest to how she looked….NOR did anyone proclaim that Ms.
McCoy would negatively affect girls.
Why is it that
Nicki Minaj, Lil Kim, Trina, Beyonce, etc can sell out shows and consistently
top the charts wearing the same and/or LESS and NO ONE screams that little
black girls will be lead astray by the image that they portray? A doll’s life is left to the imagination of
the child. The outfit will be changed
and modified a million times over by the time that child will tire of it. BUT we would rather waste our energy on
protesting a damn child’s TOY.
Millions of
women have played with Babies (rather authentic or carbon copies) and NOT ONE
has ever said that they framed their life after the piece of plastic and horse
hair. Who influences little girls are
the WOMEN that they are surrounded by each and every day!!!!! Rather it is a
family member….a friend…..a celebrity that they idolize or their reflection in
the mirror. Barbie isn’t talking to
them….singing to them……living a reality that they are envious of. NO NO NO NO! So is it TRULY worth getting all
up in arms about a TOY?! Especially since we have NO problem teaching our children
by example that being half naked and materialistic is the in thing. That for a woman to get ahead or to simple be
successful a brain isn’t needed….just a nice set of boobs and a great butt. No longer are a woman’s intellectual assets
the forefront….it is how well she can twerk it and how dumb she can sound on a
track. As long as the CD cover is
phenomenal….talent and/or education are a non-factor. Think I am reaching? Then explain to me why
Nicki Minaj has a career. Tell me why
the FLOTUS is more talk about in regards to her body and wardrobe rather than
the fact that she is a COLLEGE GRADUATE.
Don’t want a
cleavage bearing; double LV carrying, two chain wearing, blonde haired Barbie
on the shelves? Change what toy makers have to draw from. Cover your boobs……reduce the weave……STOP
searching for sugar daddies….QUIT putting a price tag on your own worth……..EXIT
from the behavior of spending the rent money on designer fashions just so that
you can make a group of girl jealous at the club for ONE NIGHT.
