Check out these cute handmade multicultural dolls and ethnic dolls I found on Etsy.
Vintage bride and groom dolls from India, $15, available at safsgallery:

Folk-tale Indian princess doll, $90, available from dollydrops:

Hindi girl - Funky Folks ragdoll, $55, available from YourFunkyGrandma:

If you give these dolls a home, you’re not only purchasing some one-of-a-kind dolls, but you’re [...]

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There are historical precedents for the mass production of ethnic dolls. Did you know Marcus Garvey set up a factory to produce black dolls?
In a darker era in U.S. history, companies produced racist caricatures of many ethnic groups, but especially of African Americans. These toys and collectibles are featured at The Jim [...]

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Mattel is promoting new Latina versions of Barbie, based on the Latina pop group RBD. The dolls are available in stores in the U.S. now, and will be in Latin America and some European countries by the fall.

I think the dolls are a step in the right direction, both in terms of appealing [...]

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Diversity Inc. reports on a young filmmaker who has revisited Kenneth Clark’s famous 1954 test on black girls’ doll preferences. The article quotes filmmaker Kiri Davis, who is 17 years old, as saying she was inspired to repeat the experiments to see if black girls’ preferences had changed. Her results? Sixteen of 21 girls surveyed [...]

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The Associated Press is reporting that major U.S. retailer
Kmart is pinning hopes of a recovery from slumping sales on an initiative to showcase “ethnic” or multicultural dolls on its store shelves. The difference between these dolls and dark-skinned Barbie dolls? Greater authenticity. According to the AP,
“The next generation of dolls have diverse [...]

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