Hola, Barbie; Hispanic girls welcome you to U.S.

“Pilar Andujar, a girl about four decades ago, remembers Barbie Doll shopping as an “alienating” experience.

“They Barbie dolls were almost all white and most of them were blond, and there might have been a very few black ones,” said the Flint resident of Mexican-American heritage. “But I wanted a Barbie, so I ended up getting a blond one. I didn’t think about it then, but the message is that youre as a Latina invisible and not important.”"

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