Diversity has played a huge ― and necessary ― role in the doll industry this year. Toy creators, like Mala Bryan who created an Afro-Caribbean inspired doll collection named Malaville, have been praised for making their dolls more reflective of society and representing kids of all backgrounds.
Bryan ran into criticism for this, however, when someone told her one of her dolls had a bit too much melanin.
“I think that one doll is a bit too dark,” a commenter, who wrote under a SABC Digital News segment on YouTube, said about the doll with the darkest skin tone, Maisha, on Tuesday. The critic wrote that the doll was probably Bryan’s least selling item and suggested she get rid of it.
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