But even in their imperfect executions, the mere existence of Black Barbie and Hispanic Barbie in 1980 was a landmark. Like the coronation of Vanessa Williams as Miss America in 1983, the dolls commented on the evolution of popular taste. Slowly {with the speed of a glacier, critics might say}, standards of so-called beauty were changing.
( M.G. Lord )
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