“Black Butterfly: Proud and Beautiful African American Doll Collection” opens Feb. 1 at the High Point Museum, 1859 E. Lexington Ave., with an opening reception will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Barbie in African American culture The first Barbie was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler, cofounder of the global toy-manufacturing company Mattel, and named after her daughter Barbara.

People can find miniature and life-size dolls, generations of action figures, and the first Black Barbie doll. A portion of the exhibit also honors 50 years of hip-hop.

Black Barbie begins from a nonjudgmental place; it doesn’t shame viewers for their dubiousness, dismissal or misunderstandings when it comes to the sociocultural significance of dolls.

One of the critiques against the Barbie doll has been that “tall, statuesque blondness is universal,” Weitekamp said, adding that it was only in the 1980s that an African American Barbie ...

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