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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Black Dolls: Play, Resistance, Determination

Baby Nancy by Shindana Toys, Inc., 1968

Beginning in February 2023 off and on through April 2023, I was interviewed by Emerson College student, Gwendolyn Mintz, for the article/story, Black Dolls: Play, Resistance, Determination. The photo of Baby Nancy was used in the well-researched article, which can be read here.

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3 comments:

  1. Michelle BogartMay 9, 2023 at 1:39 PM

    I really enjoyed reading your article and actually learned a lot from it. I had no idea black dolls were used a stress relievers for white children! That is just plain disgusting. I knew about the other negative things, but that was new. :(

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  2. dbgMay 9, 2023 at 1:59 PM

    Hi Michelle. I didn't write the article; I was one of the people the author, Gwendolyn Mintz, interviewed for it. Yes, it's true that black dolls were used as stress relievers by white children/people in the past and in some cases, they probably still are used this way. Someone wrote me a few years ago to ask if I'd ever heard of "beater babies." She explained that black dolls were given to white children to play with without regard to damage while their white dolls were handled with care. I documented what was written in a blog post that can be read near the end of the post here.

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  3. Michelle BogartMay 10, 2023 at 11:16 AM

    My apologies, I noticed you were a contributor and not the author and I still messed up my comment! I enjoyed most of her article, obviously some of it was very disturbing but history is like that. We have a long way to go but at least we have come a long way too.

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