“Two months ago, when my wife and I noticed that our 6-year-old daughter was playing with a White baby doll with long blond hair, our immediate thought was ‘Wait … where did that come from?’” writes columnist Damon Young (@damonyoungvsb). “And then, after watching her dote on it for two days, our thoughts shifted. ‘So … how do we get rid of it?’” Young explains that “few things matter more to us than our daughter loving her features, her hair and her skin as much as we do.” They’ve surrounded her with reinforcements, which includes Black dolls. They haven’t officially banned White dolls, but “a decision to gift a White doll to our daughter … could communicate to her that we value those features more than hers.” Head to the link in our bio to read Damon’s full column. (Illustration: @made.by.small)
