For starters, the doll’s skin is darker than earlier India Barbies — although not as dark as the skin tones of many Indians. Her eyes and hair are dark as well.

The first Black Barbie was created in 1980 by Kitty Black Perkins. Here’s everything to know about the doll and her creator.

Designed to inspire children (or anyone of any age, really!) to see themselves in Barbie, the line now features more than 175 dolls that represent a variety of skin tones, hair and eye colors ...

In Greta Gerwig’s much-anticipated “Barbie” movie, which opens in theaters Friday, “Insecure” actress Issa Rae brings some black power to the iconic doll’s pink world as President ...

She's a problematic icon. A recent Harmony Healthcare study revealed that an overwhelming 82% of the 1,000 female participants think Barbie dolls — which take center stage in a highly ...

The doll is quite popular.One bakery sells half-a-dozen Barbie cakes a week! But like Barbies everywhere, she is controversial because of skin tone and the fact that not every kid can afford her.

Maybe that’s why every generation of Barbie has a new astronaut or Mars explorer or Space Discovery doll. I counted seven, ...

Given that Barbie dolls are, well, plastic, it’s humanly impossible to achieve such even, unmarred body skin — yet Margot Robbie comes pretty darn close in her latest role.

Mattel's new doll, which has brown hair, white shoes and wears a pink dress, has a curved spine and a green removable back brace which many people with scoliosis wear to stop their condition from ...

For example, at the 2014 Oscars, Robbie's hair was an ultra-dark, rich-brown color. She wore a similar shade for her role as Valerie Voze in "Amsterdam," but that was courtesy of some amazing wig.

“Every little girl needed a doll through which to project herself into her dream of her future,” Ruth Handler, the inventor of Barbie, told The New York Times in 1977.