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Asian doll roundup
Filed under: Playground Bureau, Toys
Jenna at babygadget is looking around for an Asian doll for
her half asian/half white daughter. She's found the search, uhm, less than inspiring. My favorite quote? Of the not so Asian doll from the Alexander Doll Company, a user review says, ""I'm glad that this doll has normal eyes. There are many Asians with large eyes like this doll. Not bitty eyes! This doll looks normal and very pretty." Oh good it's normal.
Ouch. Go take a peek at the dolls Jenna's found so far and maybe help the girl out if you've got some doll resources to share. Though she did find one which fits the bill perfectly, maybe your own search will end there.
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3-07-2006 @ 1:18PM
nikisma said...I find the need for a doll that mirrors one's own racial makeup disturbing. My child (2 yrs) is half Asian and half Caucasian as well and she has an African-American babydoll that she loves dearly, but we get constantly questioned about why we chose to give her a black doll. Honestly, we didn't give it a thought. Why reinforce the notion of racial differentiation at such an early age?
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3-07-2006 @ 1:48PM
MetroDad said...Nikisma....I understand where you're coming from but personally I think it's great that girls can have dolls that somewhat resemble them. It was very disheartening for my wife (and many of our Asian friends) to grow up only seeing dolls in the stores with blonde hair and blue eyes. Back then, there weren't any African-American dolls either. So yeah...while I DO agree with you that it's not entirely necessary to have a doll that mirrors ones own racial makeup, I think it's nice that today's girls have a wider array of choices available to them.
Just one man's opinion.
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3-07-2006 @ 3:17PM
Jenna said...Nikisma, I think it's great that children can have dolls of different ethnicities - so many more choices than when I was a kid, so I see your point there and would also find it annoying if I got comments like the ones you have had to deal with, however I do not find anything wrong with wanting an asian doll for my half asian kid. I just find your choice of word, "disturbing" a little harsh.
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3-07-2006 @ 4:00PM
MelissaS said...Nikisma, I think it's great to have all types of dolls, I'm not sure how anyone could find the choices offensive.
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3-07-2006 @ 5:06PM
daddy in a strange land said...Huh. "Disburbing"? I'm a biracial dad raising a "multiethnic Asian American" daughter (what we call her this week, anyway), and I also focused on issues of race, mixed race, and representation when I majored in ethnic studies in college. Wanting toys that reflect a diverse reality for my daughter, including ones that might look like her, seems natural. I think it's interesting that your comment stems from people negatively commenting about your kid's black doll. B/C, have you looked in a toy store lately? The "norm" is white. In this country, whiteness is normalized as non-racialized, even though, obviously, it is. So would anyone have commented on a white doll in your kid's arms? Probably not. And that's part of the issue here.
Check out what I wrote a couple months back on this issue:
http://web.mac.com/quioguesperber/iWeb/daddyinastrangeland/blog/F3588402-E6E5-4F63-88C7-8B72B903B574.html
And check out this site, which monitors media representation of mixed-race people and interracial couples/families:
http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/
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3-07-2006 @ 5:17PM
daddy in a strange land said...Also, check out this link with info about Clark and Clark's landmark 1939 study on race, self-esteem and self-image in which the young black subjects preferred white dolls over black ones. In case all this seems a bit of a fuss over something like dolls, this might shed some light on why it has been, and unfortunately, still is important in this country and this day and age.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/childwatch/051112.aspx
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