very compelling and thought-provoking - - have we truly come to the age where 'it doesn't matter if you're black or what', so long as you are tiny and tight?

Why do some "beauty standards" appear to remain consistent across the ethnicities in the US ( skinny with cleavage, wide eyed) while others shift in and out of vogue ( light hair vs. dark hair, wavy vs. stick straight) And what does social acceptance have to do with it?

Connect this posting to thoughts on the Quinicinera (*sp?) & Bat Mitzvah connection. Would the Jewish Latina doll have both?

Great posting Jordan

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